Peru 1726-L M 8 escudos
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This specimen was lot 16 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $5,950. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1726M, NGC XF 45. Very bold full cross-lions-castles (flat on high points), bold full pillars-and-waves, traces of toning around details, this date actually scarcer than the previous Louis I issue of 1725. NGC #4825091-001." This type is recorded for 1710-47. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
Recorded mintage: 48,734.
Specification: 27.07 g, .917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW, this specimen 26.97 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9991, Fr-7; S-L28b; KM-38.2; CT-39.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2012.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, Madrid: Cayón9-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003.
Link to:
- 1725 8 escudos, Luis I
- 1728 escudo
- 1729 8 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1726
- return to coins of Peru
