Mexico 1752-Mo MF 2 escudos

Ponterio sale 152, lot 7288

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen was lot 7288 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $747.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 2 Escudos, 1752-MF. RARE type. Edge nick. VERY FINE." All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This type was struck 1752-56. It was superseded by KM 127, struck 1757-59, which used a smaller bust. The "2 S", formerly on the reverse, was restored in 1773.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10750, Fr-19; KM 126.2.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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