Spain 1730-M JJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 245 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 9,500 € (about US$12,410 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "* 1730/29. Felipe V. Madrid. JJ. 8 escudos. Light hairlines. No value indication. Very rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This rare type was struck 1729-30. It marks the first appearance of a royal portrait on a gold coin since the days of Ferdinand and Isabella. This portrait was used at Seville until 1738 and at Mexico City until 1746. The Madrid issues are substantially rarer than the Seville issues.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 25.95 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM 346.1, AC-2189, Cal.Onza 375.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
- 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.
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