Spain 1820-S CJ 2 escudos

Sincona sale 18, lot 3920

This specimen was lot 3920 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 280 (about US$369 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"2 Escudos 1820. Sevilla Mmz. CJ. Sehr schön-gutes sehr schön. (Spain, two escudos of 1820, Seville mint, very fine to good very fine.)"

This type was issued at Madrid and Seville 1814-33 and is the last issue of the traditional gold two escudos, altho the eighty reales of Isabel II (KM 578) was the same weight and fineness. The Seville mint issues are awarded a premium over the Madrid product. Unlike the two escudos of the Latin American mints, the two escudos of Spain are fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6.75 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16277, C.T. 190. Fr-316, KM 483.2.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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