Aragon 1611-CA real
This specimen was lot 1261 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €180 (about US$226 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1611. Felipe III. Zaragoza. 1 real. La E de DEI rectificada sobre una E al revés. Golpecitos. MBC-/MBC. (kingdom of Spain, one real of 1611, Zaragoza mint. The "E" in "DEI" is punched over an inverted "E". Nicked, about very fine.)"
Other mints striking one reales included Granada, Madrid (very rare), Mexico, Pamplona (rare) and Seville. The SCWC lists this under Aragon based on the obverse arms, which don't match the arms used on ordinary Spanish coinage. The Zaragoza mint seems to have operated only intermittently and closed permanently in 1680.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.43 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 16 (listed under Aragon), AC. 575, Cayón-4519.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.
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