(sold for $237.0)

1758, Spain, Ferdinand VI. Beautiful Gold ½ Escudo Coin. (Ex-Jewellery!) 1.77gm!

Mint Year: 1758 Reference: KM-378. Denomination:  ½ Escudo Mint Place: Madrid (crowned M) Assayers: Jose Tramullas y Ferrer (J) Condition: Smoothed surfaces and edge (probably removed from a frame and worn as jewellery), otherwise XF! Material: Gold (.917) Diameter: 15mm Weight: 1.77gm

Obverse: Bust of Ferdinand VI right, date (1758) below. Legend: FERDINDINAND . VI . D . G . 1758 . Translation: "Ferdinand VI  by the Grace of God, 1758."

Reverse: Crowned spanish shield with arms of Castile (Castle) and León (Lion) above mint initial (crowned M) of the Madrid mint. Legend: HISPNIARUM . REX . J . (crowned M) . B .

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Ferdinand VI, (23 September 1713 - 10 August 1759), King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death. He was the fourth son of the previous monarch Philip V and his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy. Ferdinand, the second member of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty, was born in Madrid on 23 September 1713.