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This specimen was lot 24844 in Heritage sale 3016 (Orlando, FL, January 2012), where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1773 JM, better XF, some remaining luster. Strong fields." This coin was minted 1772-89; later issues of this type (1785-89) were struck in gold lowered to .875 fine.
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This specimen was lot 24844 in Heritage sale 3016 (Orlando, FL, January 2012), where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1773 JM, better XF, some remaining luster. Strong fields." This coin was minted 1772-89; later issues of this type (1785-89) were struck in gold lowered to 0.875 fine.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 11:57, 22 May 2025

Heritage sale 3016, lot 24844
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24844 in Heritage sale 3016 (Orlando, FL, January 2012), where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1773 JM, better XF, some remaining luster. Strong fields." This coin was minted 1772-89; later issues of this type (1785-89) were struck in gold lowered to 0.875 fine.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12839, KM 82.1.

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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Scott Cordry, Heritage sale 3016, World and Ancient Coins, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

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