Gold coinage of Ferdinand VII

One escudo

KM-121 1E 1809 Mo HJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 29 October 2024, lot 72495)

KM-121 1E 1809 Mo HJ/TH (Stack’s Bowers auction, 18 January 2017, lot 6944)


KM-121 1E 1811/0 Mo HJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 16 January 2021, lot 22241)

KM-122 1E 1816 Mo JJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 16 January 2021, lot 22246)

Two escudos

KM-134 2E 1815 Mo JJ (Ponterio Baltimore auction, November 2015, lot 39382)

Four escudos

The first type had the imaginary bust.

KM-145 4E 1811 Mo JJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 26 August 2022, lot 34443)

KM-146 4E 1818 Mo JJ (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 15 January 2022, lot 2093)

Eight escudos

KM-160 8E 1809 Mo HJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 16 January 2021, lot 22239)

KM-160 8E 1811/0 Mo HJ (Stack’s Bowers ANA auction, 16 August 2018, lot 21354)

“Imaginary bust gold 8 Escudos from the Mexico City mint. They had a better imagination in Mexico City than they did in Lima where the imaginary portrait used wasn't even close. In any case, by the time this coin was struck, Ferdinand VII was already rotting in a French prison”

Counterfeit

counterfeit KM-160 8E 1811 Mo JJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 24 February 2026, lot 76627)

An interesting counterfeit struck in low-fineness gold, testing as roughly 0.830 fine, which would indicate an AGW of approximately 0.7173 oz.  Weight: 26.88

KM-161 8E 1820 Mo JJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 16 January 2021, lot 21069)

KM-161 8E 1818/7 Mo JJ (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 17 June 2010, lot 6101)