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''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification'': 3.38 g, .875 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW; This specimen 3.34 grams. | + | ''Specification'': 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW; This specimen 3.34 grams. |
''Catalog reference'': [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-14000]], CT-488; KM-434. | ''Catalog reference'': [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-14000]], CT-488; KM-434. | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 22 May 2025
This specimen was lot 232 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1789MF. VF+/XF with traces of toning and luster, no problems." This type is listed for Madrid 1788-1808 and is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW; This specimen 3.34 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14000, CT-488; KM-434.
- 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.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #21, featuring Selections from the Richard Stuart Collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2017.
Link to:
- 1788-M escudo
- 1789-M 2 escudos
- Colombia 1789-NR JJ escudo
- Colombia 1789-P SF escudo
- Guatemala 1789-NG M escudo, Charles IV
- Mexico 1789-Mo FM escudo, Charles IV
- Peru 1789 escudo, Charles III
- 1791-M escudo
- Coins and currency dated 1789
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)