Bolivia 1801-PTS PP escudo
This specimen was lot 31147 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $705. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos IV gold Escudo 1801 PTS-PP, VF35 NGC. A most attractive coin with lightly toned surfaces and no obvious flaws. The mintage figures for this type are tiny, and undamaged examples are elusive. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This type is very scarce as is most colonial gold from Bolivia. Some of the later dates have recorded mintages under a thousand. This type was last struck in 1808 and the denomination was not resumed until 1822.
Recorded mintage: 1,363.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14094, C.C.T., 512; Fr-17, KM 78.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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