Mexico 1782-Mo FF 4 escudos

Heritage sale 3010, lot 21512

This specimen was lot 21512 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $5,462.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Carlos III gold 4 Escudos 1782FF, AU58 NGC, appealing old-time rose gold patina with luster in the legends and very sharp details. Very scarce and desirable in this pleasing quality." This type was struck 1773-89 and is among the more available of Mexican colonial four escudos but, like the smaller two escudos, remains scarce. Assayer FF is noted for the years 1778-84.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 13.44 grams, 30.60 mm.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12682, KM 142.2, Fr-34.

Source:

• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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