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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12614]], KM 142.1, Cal-328. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12614]], KM 142.1, Cal-328. | ||
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This specimen was lot 31211 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $940. The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles III gold 4 Escudos 1772 Mo-FM VF35 NGC, Mexico City mint. Attractive for the designation, with even wear, good details remaining, and no distracting handling marks. A wholesome and affordable example of this elusive and much underrated two-year subtype, featuring inverted mintmark and assayer initials in the reverse legend. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." This specimen is one of a type struck 1772-73 during the reign of Charles III. This type has an upright mintmark and assayer. All Mexican colonial four escudos are scarce; the catalog accords a slight premium to this type over the later issues of 1777-88 which have a fineness of 875 thousandths.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.901 fine gold, .390 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12614, KM 142.1, Cal-328.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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