Guatemala 1789-NG M 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3030, lot 24482
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This specimen was lot 24482 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $14,100. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos IV gold 8 Escudos 1789 NG-M, AU50 PCGS. Slight even wear throughout, with even orange-gold toning but a problem-free and appealing specimen. A very rare two-year type, being the only milled issue missing from the Eliasberg collection." This is the first eight escudos from Guatemala since 1785 and the next issue would be in 1794.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14442, KM 49, Fr-49, Onza-972.

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.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
  • 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.

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