Spain 1639-S R 4 escudos

Sedwick Treasure Auction 35, lot 26

This specimen was lot 26 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 4 escudos, 1639 R, rare, NGC AU 55. Very choice full cross with distinctive ornaments in quadrants, good full shield with bold full crown above, clear denomination IIII, bottoms of 639 of date visible (not mentioned on label), yellow color." This style of cob was struck intermittently 1630-65 at Seville (shown here) and Madrid.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common for the type.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13.44 grams.

Catalog reference: KM 56.2, Cayón-6733, Cal-1882; Fr-203.

Source:

• 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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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