Peru 1698-C M 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 25242 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $2,645. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos II gold Cob 2 Escudos 1698C-M, VF Details NGC (surface hairlines) 1715 Fleet, very crudely struck and cleaned at one time with some superficial patination remaining, readable 698 of the date and M. A rare type and a collectable example despite the blemishes." This type from Cuzco is recorded for 1698 only. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 6.77 g, .917 fine gold, .399 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7810, KM 28.
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- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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