Spain 1830-S JB 2 escudos

Goldberg sale 75, lot 3938

This specimen was lot 3938 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $299. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Spain. 2 Escudos, 1830-JB (Seville). Ferdinand VII. PCGS graded Genuine, About Uncirculated, Details (Repaired)." This issue is a later date of a type struck at Madrid and Seville 1814-33; upon the succession of Isabel II, the denomination was converted to eighty reales (KM 577).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16302, Fr-316; KM 483.2.

Source:

• 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 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

Link to:

• 1829-S 2 escudos
• Navarre 1830-PP maravedi
• 1830-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1830-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1830-M 2 escudos
• 1831-M 2 escudos
• 1831-S 2 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1830
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)