Spain (1535-56)-S D escudo
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This specimen was lot 6 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip II, assayer Gothic D to right, mintmark to S to left, NGC MS 63. Very broad flan with choice full inner details (shield and cross), also much crown and legend, much luster." This issue comes with a star on the left (Cayón-3147), a star on the right (Cayón-3146) or a square "D" (Cayón-3148 and -3149).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.34 grams.
Catalog reference: Cal-784, Fr-153, Cayón-3149.
- 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.
- 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.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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