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Revision as of 11:21, 21 May 2025
This specimen was lot 22394 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1784-MI, AU55 NGC, considerable mint luster on both sides, one lamination on the reverse below the S for Scudos, quite typical for Lima gold of this era. Well superior to most of this type seen in the market." Later issues of this type (1785-89) were struck in gold lowered to .875 fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12953, Fr-32, KM 82.1.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
- 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.
- 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.
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