Spain 1733-M JF 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 651 in Aureo y Calicó sale 246 (Barcelona, September 2012), where it sold for 470 € (about US$714 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1733. Felipe V. Madrid. JF. 2 escudos. Sirvió como joya. Rara. (MBC-). (Philip V, 1700-46, two escudos of 1733, Madrid mint. Removed from jewelry, rare, about very fine.)"
This type was issued at Madrid 1730-33. All the early two escudos of Spain are rare and expensive. This one appears to have had a mount removed.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.901 fine gold, .196 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9728, KM 566, Cal. 335.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
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