Mexico 1859-Do CP 8 escudos

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 21184

This specimen was lot 21184 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1859-DoCP. NGC AU-53. Slightly weak struck but problem free and lustrous. Richard Long notes, 'A few extremely rare examples in the AU to BU range are known but most of the coins are in the VF to XF range.'" Durango is a common mint for eight escudos but many dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.

Specification: 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-68; KM-383.3.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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