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Latest revision as of 15:07, 4 December 2025
This specimen was lot 236 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,751 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1744. Felipe V. Lima. V. 8 escudos. Doble fecha, la de la leyenda: 44. Rara. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Philip V, eight escudos of 1744, Lima mint. Double date in the legend. Rare, choice very fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 40 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $14,400. The catalog description[2] noted, "Lima, Peru, gold cob 8 escudos, 1744/3 V, NGC AU details / rev scratched. Smallish, oblong flan with full cross-lions-castles (with peripheral scratch at top left), choice full pillars-and-waves with bold overdate (Tauler 339a), one of just two in the NGC census." This eight escudos was struck during the second reign of Philip V. Milled gold coinage commenced in 1751.
Recorded mintage: 99,962.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, the first specimen 27,25 g, the second specimen 26.93 grams.
Catalog reference: S-L30; KM 38.2, Fr-7, AC. 2163, Cal.Onza unlisted, Cayón-10073.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
- [2]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
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