View source for Peru 1800-L IJ 8 escudos

[[Image:Peru 1800 8 escudos obv Heritage 3010-21672.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, lot 21672]]
[[Image:Peru 1800 8 escudos rev Heritage 3010-21672.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 21672 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,955. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Carlos IIII gold 8 Escudos 1800-IJ, AU58 NGC, virtually full mint brilliance with appealing old-time patina, a superior example for this series. From the Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold." This coin was minted 1792-1808 and is the most common [[Peru]]vian colonial eight escudos. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-14538]], Fr-40, KM 101.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, ''Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010. 
* 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.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 

''Link to:''
* [[Peru 1799-L IJ 8 escudos|1799 8 escudos]]
* [[Peru 1800-L 1/4 real|1800 ¼ real]]
* [[Peru 1800-L IJ 1/2 real|1800 ½ real]]
* [[Peru 1800-L IJ 2 reales|1800 2 reales]]
* [[Peru 1800-L IJ 4 reales|1800 4 reales]]
* [[Peru 1800-L IJ 8 reales|1800 8 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1800-NR JJ 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1800-P JF 8 escudos]]
* [[Bolivia 1800-PTS PP 8 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1800-So JA 8 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1800-Mo FM 8 escudos]]
* [[Peru 1801-L IJ 8 escudos|1801 8 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1800]]
* return to coins of [[Peru]]

[[Category: Gold coins of South America]][[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3010]]