Spain 1793-S CN 2 escudos

Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1581

This specimen was lot 1581 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 321 € (about US$416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1793. Carlos IV. Seville. CN. 2 escudos. MBC-/MBC [about very fine to very fine]." This type was struck in Madrid and Seville 1788-1808 for Charles IV. This date is common. Unlike the Latin American mints, which concentrated on producing eight escudos, the Spanish mints turned most of their gold into two escudos.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, this specimen 6,70 g.

Catalog reference: KM 435.2, Cal. 445, Cayón-14187.

Sources:

• 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.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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• 1793-M ½ escudo
• 1793-M escudo
• 1793-M 2 escudos
• 1794-M 2 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1793
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