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[[Image:Spain S46-909.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 33, lot 909]]
 
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This specimen was lot 909 in Sincona sale 46 (Zurich, May 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SPANIEN, Königreich, Carlos IV. 1788-1808. 2 Escudos 1803, CN-Sevilla. Sehr schön.'' (kingdom of [[Spain]], Charles IV, 1788-1808, two escudos of 1803, Seville mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1788-1808 at Madrid and Seville. It is the most common Spanish gold coin of the old (reales/escudos) system.
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This specimen was lot 909 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SPANIEN, Königreich, Carlos IV. 1788-1808. 2 Escudos 1803, CN-Sevilla. Sehr schön.'' (kingdom of [[Spain]], Charles IV, 1788-1808, two escudos of 1803, Seville mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1788-1808 at Madrid and Seville. It is the most common Spanish gold coin of the old (reales/escudos) system.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 08:52, 11 June 2025

Sincona sale 33, lot 909

This specimen was lot 909 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SPANIEN, Königreich, Carlos IV. 1788-1808. 2 Escudos 1803, CN-Sevilla. Sehr schön. (kingdom of Spain, Charles IV, 1788-1808, two escudos of 1803, Seville mint. Very fine.)"

This type was struck 1788-1808 at Madrid and Seville. It is the most common Spanish gold coin of the old (reales/escudos) system.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold; this specimen is 6.72 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14268, Schl. 59. Fr-297, KM 435.2.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018.

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