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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-10923]], Fr-20, KM 59.2, Cal. 29. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-10923]], Fr-20, KM 59.2, Cal. 29. | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 18 August 2023
This specimen was lot 515 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 3,700 € (about US$5,590 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Fernando VI (1746-1759). 1760. Lima. JM. 8 escudos. Preciosa pátina de monetario. Rara. (Eight escudos of 1760, Lima mint. Handsome toning, rare.)"
This type was struck at Lima 1757-60 and is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10923, Fr-20, KM 59.2, Cal. 29.
- 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.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
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