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This specimen was lot 165 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 2,000 € (about US$2,613 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "n/d. Felipe II. Granada. A. 1 escudo. Obv.: Coat of arms between G and A. Attractive. Rare. EBC- [about extremely fine]." The Cayón number we have cited here, 4067, is an undated one escudo from the Granada mint with assayer M. Cayón lists some two escudos with assayer A (Cayón-4086 thru -4089). Cobs of this style were also struck at Seville, Valladolid and Toledo.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a scarce mint.

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

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-4067]] (assayer M), Fr-176, AC-777.

''[[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.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain (1535-56)-G R escudo|(1535-56)-G R escudo]]
* [[Spain (1556-98)-S D 2 escudos|(1556-98)-S 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain (1570-89)-T M 2 escudos|(1570-89)-T 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain (1556-90)(v) A 2 escudos|(1556-90) 2 escudos, Valladolid mint]]
* [[Spain (1556-98)-S D 4 escudos|(1556-98)-S 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain (1556-90)(v) A 4 escudos|(1556-90) 4 escudos, Valladolid mint]]
* [[Spain 1593-G F 2 reales|1593-G 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1593-G M 4 escudos|1593-G 4 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1556]]
* return to coins of [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

[[Category:Selections from Aureo sale 447, 448]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]

Spain (1556-80)-G A escudo - Revision history

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