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(Philip V 1700-1747)
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Mexican Escudos of 1713 From the 1715 PLATE FLEET
1713 was the last year of odd shaped planchets and hand engraved dies at Mexico City. In that year the Treaty of Utrecht ended the British embargo and Spain resumed regular communication with her New World colonies. New minting equipment and Spanish technicians arrived in Nueva Espana to implement the improvements Philip V had determined to affect at the beginning of his reign. Escudos struck at Mexico City in 1713 display one style of cross, the cross with crosslets design introduced in 1711, also known as the cross-fleury. A simplification in the design of the shield was affedted by eliminating the pomegranate of Granada in the upper left quadrant. 1713 planchets can be round, lunate, pear shaped or almost any shape. No treasure fleet had successfully crossed the Atlantic since the beginning of the war, so the 1715 Flota left Vera Cruz with many mint condition Mexican escudos 1713-15 on board.
M86. Mexico 1713 Mxo J one escudo, cross with crosslets design. Well struck and lustrous, with coral and a reddish toning so often found on 1713-14 Mexican escudos recovered from Douglas Beach (gold was often transported in heavy leather sacks which slowly decayed in the ocean leaving a reddish- orange film on the coins). Originally sold by Real 8 in their biggest auction, Schulman's Spanish Galleon Treasure, November 1972, lot 279. NGC MS 62 1715 Plate Fleet (none higher)
As I said about its big brother, the 1713 four escudos listed here, the luster and color of this escudo belies the 250 years it spent in the ocean off Douglass Beach (the Nieves site).
Available. Price on Request. 480-595-1293
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