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[[Image:Spain 1775M 2 escudos Aureo 232-1306g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 1306]]

The specimen shown was lot 1306 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 240 euros (about US$396 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Carlos III (1759-1788). 1775. Madrid. PJ. 2 escudos. Precioso color. MBC/MBC+.'' (Charles III, 1759-88, two escudos of 1775, Madrid mint, nice color, very fine.)"</blockquote>  This type was struck in Madrid 1772-85 (KM 417.1) and Seville 1773-79 (KM 417.2) and is not especially rare tho choice specimens are always in demand. Two escudos were struck in metropolitan [[Spain]] 1738-1833 in considerable numbers and are quite a bit more common than their [[Mexico 1775-Mo FM 2 escudos|counterparts from Latin America]], where the two escudos was a rare denomination. Assayer PJ is listed for 1765-81.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.77 g, .901 fine gold, .196 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12452]], KM 417.1, Cal-448.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias,'' 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017. 

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1774-M PJ 2 escudos|1774-M 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1775-Seg 2 maravedis|1775-Seg 2 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1775-Seg 8 maravedis|1775-Seg 8 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1775-M PJ 2 reales|1775-M 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1775-M PJ 4 reales|1775-M 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1775-S CF 8 reales|1775-S 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1775-M PJ 1/2 escudo|1775-M ½ escudo]]
* [[Spain 1775-S CF 1/2 escudo|1775-S ½ escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1775-NR JJ 2 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1775-P JS 2 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1775-Mo FM 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1775-M PJ 4 escudos|1775-M 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1775-M PJ 8 escudos|1775-M 8 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1776-M PJ 2 escudos|1776-M 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1776-S CF 2 escudos|1776-S 2 escudos]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1775]]

[[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 232]]