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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. This type was struck 1761-62 only and is rarer than those which preceded and followed it.
 
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''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.84 grams, 36.40 mm diameter.  
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''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.84 grams, 36.40 mm diameter.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12741]], Fr-24, Calico Onza-673, KM 68.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12741]], Fr-24, Calico Onza-673, KM 68.  

Revision as of 21:10, 18 August 2023

Eliasberg lot 3475
Peru 1761 8 escudos rev Eliasberg AN47723873-rz.jpg

This coin was minted in Lima, Peru, in 1761. This specimen was lot 3475 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $2,530. The catalog description[1] noted, "1761 JM 8 escudos. Lima mint. VF-30 (NGC). Small armored bust of Carlos III to right, legends around, date below / crowned arms, legends around. Pale yellow gold with attractive peripheral toning. Marks consistent with the amount of wear, some softness of strike on right side of shield, a few trival marks at reverse rim. The first appearance of this bust of Carlos III in Lima, an issue Calico rates as very rare. A two year type. From B. Max Mehl’s sale of the Thomas W. Voetter Collection, January 1943, Lot 292."

Recorded mintage: unknown. This type was struck 1761-62 only and is rarer than those which preceded and followed it.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 26.84 grams, 36.40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12741, Fr-24, Calico Onza-673, KM 68.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
  • 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.

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