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PERU, Lima, gold 8 escudos, 1841 MB, extremely rare, PCGS AU details / cleaned, ex-Canaparo.

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PERU, Lima, gold 8 escudos, 1841 MB, extremely rare, PCGS AU details / cleaned, ex-Canaparo.
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PERU, Lima, gold 8 escudos, 1841 MB, extremely rare, PCGS AU details / cleaned, ex-Canaparo. KM-unl (148.6 for type); Fr-62. Rich gold color, muted luster, well-detailed strike with light handling marks and evidence of cleaning. An extremely rare type following a September 30, 1840, decree that required the fineness “21 Qs” to appear in the legend in response to debasement problems. While a relatively substantial mintage of 8 escudos took place in Cuzco from 1840 to 1845, the only years of 8E mintage in post-federation Lima were 1841 (unlisted in KM) and 1850 (the latter also quite rare). By our records, only two other examples of the 1841 are known: one plated in Calicó's La Onza (2004) and the other permanently impounded in the Banco del Peru Museum. Significantly missing from all the classic collections like Fonrobert, Peltzer, Salbach and Ulex, as well as more recent collections like Caballero, Eliasberg Lissner, Pittman and Sellschopp, this important trophy is among the rarest Peruvian gold coins of the 19th century. Pedigreed to the Canaparo Collection (stated on label). and also Ex-Biur Collection
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