Peru 1782-L MI 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3073, lot 31652

This specimen was lot 31652 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,860. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Charles III gold 8 Escudos 1782 LM-MI MS61 NGC, Lima mint. Nice strike with light peripheral toning and underlying luster. Not often encountered in a Mint State grade." This is among the more common colonial gold coins of Latin America. Later issues of this type (1785-89) were struck in gold lowered to .875 fine.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, .901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12937, KM 82.1.

Source:

• 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.
• 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 and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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