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''Recorded mintage:'' 66,515. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 66,515. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW. | + | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW. |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-9954]], Fr-7; KM-38.2; Cal-Type 6 #28. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-9954]], Fr-7; KM-38.2; Cal-Type 6 #28. | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 18 August 2023
This specimen was lot 950 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $6,325. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 8 Escudos, 1716-M. Philip V (1700-46). Light evidence of rim filing. Very attractive, NGC AU Details--Rim Filing." Cob eight escudos were struck at the Lima mint 1701-47 for Philip V of Spain and became the "doubloons" of pirate lore.
Recorded mintage: 66,515.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9954, Fr-7; KM-38.2; Cal-Type 6 #28.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
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- Coins and currency dated 1716
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