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Latest revision as of 14:50, 8 October 2025
This specimen was lot 41061 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 2 Escudos, 1798-PTS PP. Potosi Mint. Charles IV. PCGS Genuine--Plugged, Unc Details. An EXTREMELY RARE date in the series; we are unable to find another example in our searches of auction records over the last 25 years. As such, an extraordinary opportunity despite the noted plug near 12 o'clock, and fully detailed with no signs of circulation wear. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Jim Shipley Collection. Ex: W. Donn Collection." This type was minted 1793-1808 and is scarce to rare, tho less so than the four escudos. The assayer PP appears for 1795-1802. In 1785, the alloy was debased from 0.901 to 0.875 fine gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown but probably less than a thousand.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14224, Fr-16; KM-79; Cal-1368.
- 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.
- 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.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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