Spain 1706-S P 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3067, lot 32331

This specimen was lot 32331 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Spain: Philip V gold 8 Escudos 1706 S-P AU55 NGC, Seville mint. Despite its being crudely struck as are many of this type, this Almost Uncirculated specimen exhibits a bold strike in the central areas, and only minor weakness around the peripheries. Small areas of mint luster remain and the surfaces show only light marks. Very rare in this grade." This was issued from Seville in the midst of the War of the Spanish Succession, wherein Philip V successfully defeated the archduke Charles' attempt to seize the throne. This expensive type was struck 1701-19.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 grams, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 260, Fr-247, Cayón-9905.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

Link to:

• 1705-S 8 escudos
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• 1706-S 8 reales
• 1707-S 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1706
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)