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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 19851, member: 669&quot;]Frankly, I&#039;m stumped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Except for the date it matches KM#636.1 (1866-68) or KM#636.3 (1868/1873), an 8.3870g .900 gold (.2427 oz. AGW) coin with a portrait of Queen Isabell II and the legend &quot;Isabel II, by the grace of God and the Constitution&quot; on the obverse; and a crown, Spanish arms, and the legend &quot;Queen of the Spains&quot; on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that 1820, the date clearly shown on the coin, was during the reign of Ferdinand VII, 6 years after his return from exile, and 13 years <i>before</i> Isabel II assumed the throne!</p><p><br /></p><p>KM#636.3, minted during the First Republic, is an example of the Spanish custom (which continued until 1982) of using the same original mint date on a coin throughout its life, and putting the actual year of mintage in inside the two six-pointed stars in the design.&nbsp; The picture is too small to tell if the stars on this one have a date inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 10 escudos Isabel II coins have bullion value of about $100, and are valued in the 3rd Ed. 19th Century Krause from $125-950, but no value is stated for a coin minted more than a dozen years before the begining of its subject&#039;s reign.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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