Spain 1629-S D escudo

Sedwick Treasure auction 26, lot 76

This specimen was lot 76 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $1,190. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, 1629D, rare, NGC AU details / damaged. Good full shield and cross, bold 162 and fairly clear 9 of date, toning in crevices, high grade but with old scuffing on high points." This type ws struck at Seville with assayer D for 1623, 1628-29, 1639, 1646 and 1659. This is a scarce date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .917 fine gold, this specimen 3.24 g.

Catalog reference: CT-unlisted (Type 46); KM-68 (unlisted date), Cayón-6607.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1628-Seg real
• 1628-S 4 reales
• Barcelona 1629 trentin
• 1629-S 2 escudos
• 1630-Seg 8 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1629
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)