Spain 1606-G M 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 16 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Granada, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, 1606, assayer M to right below mintmark G, OMNIVM variety, very rare, NGC MS 62, finest and only example in NGC census. Choice gold color with full shield and cross, bold full denomination to left and clear but weak G-M to right, much full legend including bold OMNIVM and full final digit 6 of date (possibly an overdate, but underdigit does not appear be a 3 as listed in Calicó), full base of crown, minor edge-split, date not noted on NGC label (but finest in census anyway)." This is the only Granada two escudos of Philip III listed in Cayón and apparently the first issue since 1588.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine gold, this specimen 6.70 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4981, Cal-1034; Fr-189a.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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