Mexico 1744-Mo MF escudo

Eliasberg lot 3113

This specimen was lot 3113 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $2,645. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1744 MF 1 escudo. Mexico City mint. MS-62 (NGC). Similar types as above. Lively lustre on medium orange gold surfaces. Unusually nice for the type. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This type was struck 1732-47 with the bust of Philip V but despite the lengthy production, it is not common. The SCWC notes an overdate, 1744/3, but assigns it no premium; the type is too rare for most collectors to attempt a date set.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, .100 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 3.36 grams, 17.60 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9615, Fr-11, KM 113.

Source:

• ^[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.
• 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.
• 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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• 1743 escudo
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• 1744 8 escudos
• 1745 escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1744
• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection.
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822