Barcelona 1611 1/2 real

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Aureo sale 232, lot 120
Steve Album sale 51, lot 3308

This first specimen shown was lot 120 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, Spain, March 2011), where it sold for 100 euros (about US$165 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

1611. Barcelona. 1/2 croat. Bella. EBC. (Barcelona half croat (or half real) of 1611, nice extremely fine.)

The second specimen was lot 3308 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[2] noted, "BARCELONA: Philip II, 1598-1621, AR 1/2 real, 1611, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." The half real was called a half croat in Catalonia but was the same coin. This type is recorded for 1611-19 and is listed fairly cheaply in the SCWC, especially compared to the issue of 1615. Another half croat of 1611 (KM 3) has a long cross on the reverse.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.6-1.7 g, 0.931 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 11, Cal. 535, Cayón-4428.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Calicó, Ferrán, Xavier Calicó and Joaquin Trigo, Monedas Españolas desde Felipe II a Isabel II, Años: 1556 a 1868, 5ª edicion, Barcelona: Gráficas Reclam, 1982.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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