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[[Image:SB0123-21280o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 21280]]
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This specimen was lot 21280 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Peru|PERU]]. Cob Escudo, 1719/8-L M. Lima Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-50. Overdate variety. A great survivor, this smaller gold issue offers an elegant and wholesome overall look, with lighter color upon the highlights and with a deeper golden-cabernet hue occupying the recesses. From the David Sterling Collection." Not until 1684 was the Lima mint opened on a permanent basis. The [[Peru 1719-L M escudo|mintage of gold]] commenced in 1696. This type is recorded for 1702-45. Recorded mintages are much lower than of the eight escudos ([[Peru 1721-L M 8 escudos|KM-38.2]]). Assayer Melgarejo stamped his coins 1709-27. Specimens with legible dates are scarce. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,221.

''Specification:'' 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.3 g.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], Fr-10; KM-35; Cal-1677.

''[[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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Peru 1707-L H escudo|1707 escudo]]
* [[Peru 1719-L M 4 reales|1719 4 reales]]
* [[Peru 1719-L M 8 reales|1719 8 reales]]
* [[Peru 1722-L M escudo|1722 escudo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1719]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale]][[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]

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 * [[Peru 1717-L M escudo|1717 escudo]]
 * [[Peru 1717-L M 2 escudos|1717 2 escudos]]
 * [[Peru 1719-L M 2 reales|1719 2 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1719-L M 4 reales|1719 4 reales]]

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 ''Link to:''
-* [[Peru 1707-L H escudo|1707 escudo]]
+* [[Peru 1717-L M escudo|1717 escudo]]
 * [[Peru 1717-L M 2 escudos|1717 2 escudos]]
 * [[Peru 1719-L M 2 reales|1719 2 reales]]

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 * [[Peru 1719-L M 8 reales|1719 8 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1719-L M 8 escudos|1719 8 escudos]]
-* [[Peru 1722-L M escudo|1722 escudo]]
+* [[Peru 1721-L M escudo|1721 escudo]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1719]]
 [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale]][[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]

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 ''Specification:'' 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.3 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], Fr-10; KM-35; Cal-1677.
+''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-9534]], Fr-10; KM-35; Cal-1677.
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''

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 [[Image:SB0123-21280r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 21280 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Peru|PERU]]. Cob Escudo, 1719/8-L M. Lima Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-50. Overdate variety. A great survivor, this smaller gold issue offers an elegant and wholesome overall look, with lighter color upon the highlights and with a deeper golden-cabernet hue occupying the recesses. From the David Sterling Collection." Not until 1684 was the Lima mint opened on a permanent basis. The [[Peru 1719-L M escudo|mintage of gold]] commenced in 1696. This type is recorded for 1702-45. Recorded mintages are much lower than of the eight escudos ([[Peru 1721-L M 8 escudos|KM-38.2]]). Assayer Melgarejo stamped his coins 1709-27. Specimens with legible dates are scarce. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
+This specimen was lot 21280 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Peru|PERU]]. Cob Escudo, 1719/8-L M. Lima Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-50. Overdate variety. A great survivor, this smaller gold issue offers an elegant and wholesome overall look, with lighter color upon the highlights and with a deeper golden-cabernet hue occupying the recesses. From the David Sterling Collection." Not until 1684 was the Lima mint opened on a permanent basis. The mintage of gold commenced in 1696. This type is recorded for 1702-45. Recorded mintages are much lower than of the eight escudos ([[Peru 1721-L M 8 escudos|KM-38.2]]). Assayer Melgarejo stamped his coins 1709-27. Specimens with legible dates are scarce. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,221.