Spain 1595-S B escudo

Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 7

This specimen was lot 7 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip II, 1595 date to right (assayer B to left not visible), NGC MS 61, finest known in NGC census. Bold strike with choice full cross and 100% full date, small thick flan, light luster, the better (by three grades) of just two in the NGC census." This type was struck at Seville 1590-95 and undated. Other mints included Toledo, Valladolid and Granada.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 grams.

Catalog reference: Cal-794, Cayón-4079.

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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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