Barcelona 1707 2 reales
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The specimen shown was lot 175 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 120 euros (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1707. Barcelona. 2 reales. Bella. Rara y más así. EBC. (Two reales of 1707, Barcelona mint. Beautiful and rare thus, extremely fine.)
This type was issued in Barcelona 1707-14 on behalf of the Austrian archduke Charles, who as Charles III contended unsuccessfully with Philip V for the throne of Spain. It is fairly common in circulated condition and lists for less than the contemporary issues of Philip V.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7977, KM PT5, Cal. 23.
- 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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