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| − | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.99 grams, 36.00 mm diameter. | + | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.99 grams, 36.00 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12736]], KM 153, Fr-25, Calico Onza-740. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12736]], KM 153, Fr-25, Calico Onza-740. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 17 August 2023
This specimen was lot 3140 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $12,650. The catalog description[1] noted,
"1760 MM 8 escudos. Mexico City mint. AU-53 (NGC). Tall thin draped bust of Carlos III to right, legends around, date below/crowned arms, garter around, legends, assayer, and mintmark around. Medium to deep gold with some bright orange toning. Much lustre remains in protected areas and on the reverse. A beautiful example of this elusive bust type, used exclusively in Mexico in 1760 and 1761. Appealing on every level. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."
This type was struck 1760-61 only and is among the rarest types of eight escudos, exceeded only by the imaginary bust of 1747.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.99 grams, 36.00 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12736, KM 153, Fr-25, Calico Onza-740.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- 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.
Links to:
- 1758 8 escudos
- 1760 ½ real Ferdinand VI
- 1760 real Charles III
- 1760 2 reales Ferdinand VI
- 1760 2 reales Charles III
- 1760 4 reales Charles III
- 1760 8 reales Ferdinand VI
- 1760 8 reales Charles III
- 1760 1 escudo
- 1760 2 escudos
- 1760 4 escudos
- Chile 1760-So J 8 escudos
- Peru 1760-L JM 8 escudos
- 1763 8 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1760
- other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
- return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822