Peru 1763-L JM 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 1242 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $10,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, gold bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1763 JM, second bust ("rat nose"), very rare, NGC AU details / cleaned, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-Iriarte, ex-Almenara. Choice strike with nice luster near rims, slightly granular surfaces, desirable pedigree to a significant Charles III collection (featured in a color photo in that catalog), this type missing in Friedberg (should be 27c) due to conflation with subsequent type. Pedigreed to the Iriarte Collection (Aureo auction of April 1998, lot 796) and to the Almenara Collection." This type was struck 1763-70 and is rare. It was the second two escudos struck in Peru for Charles III.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12392, Cal-1513; Fr-unl; KM-69.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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