The Legendary Pirate Era 22K Gold 4 Escudo "Doubloon" Coin in an Heirloom Pendant

Please Note: This is an authentic Spanish Gold Escudo Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description.

This Pendant is almost FIFTY CENT sized… Pendant size including bezel: 1 1/8" Across, 1 5/8" Tall - almost the width of a 50 cent piece - SEE NOTES BELOW

When we think of the treasure coins of pirate legend and lore, the first thing that comes to mind is the gold “doubloon.” Doubloons, or Escudos (which means shield in Spanish), are the gold coins to satiate desire. From kings and queens, to merchants, adventurers, and yes, pirates and privateers, the gold Escudos, along with their counter parts, silver “Pieces of 8,” fueled the world  economy for some 300 years.

Next time you read about the great pirates of long ago; Henry Morgan, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), John Rackham (Calico Jack), Mary Read, Anne Bonny and many others, these were the coins that drove their raiding and pillaging of land and sea! Even the great, and often maligned, “pirate hunter” Captain William Kidd used these coins to purchase rum and wine for his crew.

Crudely minted "cob" coins - short for cabo de barra, or "end of the bar," each has its own unique shape. Hand-hammered, these 22K gold (24K is pure gold) pieces of history are some of the most intriguing and beautiful coins ever minted. And because each coin was minted by hand, they are one of a kind. Unlike a machine-minted coin, it is impossible for anyone else to possess a coin exactly like yours!

Your Pirate Era Gold 4 Escudo Doubloon Pendant

• Date minted: 1632 - rare visible date - SEE NOTES BELOW
• Denomination: 4 Escudo "Doubloon"
• Coin weight: 11.9 - SEE NOTES BELOW
• Mint: "S" Seville, Spain
• Rulers: Philip IIII (1621-1665)
• Assayer: "R" Geronimo Rodriguez
• Reverse (Back): The Jerusalem Cross
• Obverse: (Front): The Royal Shield PHILPVS IIII
• Coin Metal: 22K Gold
• Bezel Metal: 18K Gold - Luxury-Gauge wide bezel
• Articulating Nautical Shackle Bail with a 7 mm inside diameter large enough to fit a larger high quality gold chain
• Pendant size including bezel: 1 1/8" Across, 1 5/8" Tall - pendant is the almost the width a 50 cent piece
  

Note from Robert: Rare visible 1632 date. Most of the time the date completely falls off the edge of the planchet. This bold, unique style of coin was only struck in Sevile from 1630 to 1664, for only 34 years. 

Nice thick coin, with deeply struck detail. Beautiful one-of-a-kind specimen. Full cross and shield, you have full "IIII" denomination. Most of the time this isn't visible and falls off the edge of the planchet. 

In recent years, four escudos have become highly sought after and difficult to acquire. Especially this design as they struck it for such a short time.

INTERESTING HISTORIC NOTE: This four-escudo gold coin weighs 11.9 grams. The official weight of a four escudo is 13.5 grams. For this 11.9 gram coin, its edges have been trimmed while preserving its overall shape and remarkable detail. Why someone removed that gold is lost to time. Was it "clipped" to deceive someone, or since gold had intrinsic value even not in coin form, was it done on purpose with no intent to deceive?

While we will never know the circumstances, this alteration adds a fascinating human question to the coin’s history: who kept the missing gold, and what happened when this piece next changed hands?

We love to set coins like this one in our luxury weight 18K gold bezel, that gives it a regal look and feel... and very piratical. I like to use 18K as most of the coins and jewelry from this time period were 22K to 24K (pure) gold.  

Shield design elements indicates the King’s realm: Castile and Leon; Jerusalem and Navarre; Aragon and Sicily, Granada. 

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Your Gold Doubloon Pendant Comes Complete with:

1. Our 100% Authentic Lifetime Guarantee
2. An 8 page, Detailed, Full Color, Photo Certificate of Authenticity (with your exact coin) Researched and Written by Robert Lewis Knecht
3. "Pieces of Eight" Historic Brief
4. The Coins of the Lost Galleons Book
5. Treasure Hunters Gazette Booklet
6. Mini Museum display for when you are not wearing your treasure
7. A Treasure Jewelry Care Card