Mexico 1732-Mo F 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3041, lot 31061
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This specimen was lot 31061 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $54,050. The catalog description[1] noted, "The Elusive Mo-F Milled 1732 8 Escudos. Philip V gold 8 Escudos 1732 Mo-F XF45 NGC, Mexico City mint. Variety with denomination and assayer initials on the reverse. Partially lustrous and choice for the designation with strongly defined details, little actual high-point wear and attractive surface quality. Extremely rare with less than ten examples confirmed by the cataloguer, this variety not included in Eliasberg. Currently the single example of this extremely rare date certified by NGC, superior to the Norweb and Gerber coins and certainly among the finest known. A commanding example of the first regular milled Mexican onza, destined to become one of the centerpieces in the next owner's collection. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This type, the only one showing the bust of Philip V, was struck 1732-47. The years 1732-33 are much scarcer than the rest but none are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-8, KM 148, Onza-421, Cayón-10026.

Source:

  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
  • 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.

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