Spain 1789-M MF escudo

from Sedwick Treasure Auction 21, lot 232

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.

Sources:

• 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)