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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 2, January 8, 2012, Article 21

ANS SPANISH COINS ON DISPLAY IN NEW YORK

The upcoming auction of the Hispanic Society of America collection formerly housed at the American Numismatic Association is being promoted by an exhibit in New York. -Editor

ANS spanish coins

A collection of almost 38,000 Spanish coins that includes one minted under Ferdinand and Isabella is on display starting Tuesday in New York before being put up for auction.

"It's one of the most legendary collections of ancient coins of all times. It was completed almost 100 years ago and tells the history of the Spanish world," David Redden, the vice chairman of Sotheby's told Efe on Tuesday.

Redden said that "there are Roman, Visigothic, Islamic coins, from all the cultures that had an impact on the Iberian Peninsula" and they are "an excellent sample of the great colonial history of Spain."

Standing out among the thousands of coins is the only example of the 50 Excelentes, minted in the 15th century on the order of Ferdinand and Isabella during the period of Columbus' expeditions to the New World.

The gold coin in question weighs almost 5 ounces, and it is believed to have been produced on special occasions to be given to people whom the monarchs wanted to honor.

The 50 Excelentes "is arguably the most important and valuable European coin in existence, and the largest gold coin from the 15th century that survives today," Sotheby's said.

The most representatives coins from the collection will be exhibited for a limited time this month, while in February the entire collection will be on public display before the deadline for the sealed-bid auction on March 8. Sotheby's estimates that the sale could bring in as much as $35 million.

To read the complete article, see: Historic Spanish Coins on Display in New York (latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/01/04/
historic-spanish-coins-on-display-in-new-york/)

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