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[[Image:Spain 1590S 2 escudos obv Heritage 3016-25145.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3016, lot 25145]]
[[Image:Spain 1590S 2 escudos rev Heritage 3016-25145.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 25145 in Heritage sale 3016 (Orlando, FL, January 2012), where it sold for $1,495. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Felipe II gold 2 Escudos 1590S-D, AU53 NGC, nicely centered with readable date and bold mintmark, denomination and assayer." The 1590's were a period of transition at the Spanish mints as milling machinery was introduced. This specimen is of the older cob style.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.77 g, .931 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-4114]], Fr-169.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, 7th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003.
* Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins: [[Spain]], Portugal and the New World'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage sale 3016, World and Ancient Coins,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain (1570-89)-T M 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 1/2 real|1590-S ½ real]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D real|1590-S real]]
* [[Spain 1590-G F 4 reales|1590-G 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 4 reales|1590-S 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-Seg 8 reales|1590-Seg 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-T M 8 reales|1590-T 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 4 escudos|1590-S 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1593-S B 2 escudos|1593-S 2 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1590]]
* return to coins of [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

[[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3016]]