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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 6622481, member: 87809"]Wishing you a very quick recovery so you can leave the hospital soon (hospitals stays are so very boring). </p><p> </p><p>½ Escudo coins were first minted in 1742 in Madrid as well as in Sevilla, under Philipp V. "Marco Castellano" was the standard weight for gold and silver, equivalent to 230 grams. A mint or casa de moneda would be supplied with x number of marcos. The half escudo, from 1742 to 1786 was minted with 21 carat gold and weighed 1.762 g. Weights were always very strictly controlled and mints were only permitted a tolerance equivalent to 0.899 g of silver and 0.29 g of gold per marco.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.731 g, 14 mm</p><p>Madrid, 1744, mint master Juan Joseph Caballero (emr) and Antonio de Cardeña</p><p>Friedberg 239-240; KM 361; Cayon-9481, C&C 12648</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: PHILIPPUS·V·D·G· 1744 head to right</p><p>Rev.: Crowned arms of Castile and Leon HISPANIA RUM REX</p><p>J A Mint mark: Crowned M (Madrid Mint)</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1267266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267267[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 6622481, member: 87809"]Wishing you a very quick recovery so you can leave the hospital soon (hospitals stays are so very boring). ½ Escudo coins were first minted in 1742 in Madrid as well as in Sevilla, under Philipp V. "Marco Castellano" was the standard weight for gold and silver, equivalent to 230 grams. A mint or casa de moneda would be supplied with x number of marcos. The half escudo, from 1742 to 1786 was minted with 21 carat gold and weighed 1.762 g. Weights were always very strictly controlled and mints were only permitted a tolerance equivalent to 0.899 g of silver and 0.29 g of gold per marco. 1.731 g, 14 mm Madrid, 1744, mint master Juan Joseph Caballero (emr) and Antonio de Cardeña Friedberg 239-240; KM 361; Cayon-9481, C&C 12648 Ob.: PHILIPPUS·V·D·G· 1744 head to right Rev.: Crowned arms of Castile and Leon HISPANIA RUM REX J A Mint mark: Crowned M (Madrid Mint) [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1267266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267267[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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