Mexico 1773-Mo FM 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3041, lot 31245

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31245 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Charles III gold 8 Escudos 1773 Mo-FM AU53 NGC, Mexico City mint. The scarcest date of this two-year subtype. Partially lustrous and attractively toned, with limited wear on the higher points defining the grade. Very scarce in this quality and a good type coin for this short-lived issue. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." This specimen is one of a type struck 1772-73 during the reign of Charles III. This type has an upright mintmark and assayer. All Mexican colonial two escudos are scarce; the catalog accords a slight premium to this type over the later issues of 1777-88 which have a fineness of 875 thousandths.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .780 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12844, KM 156.1, Onza-761.

Source:

^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
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.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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