Barcelona 1712 2 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73504

This specimen was lot 73504 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Reales, 1712. Barcelona Mint. Charles III (the Pretender). PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. Mostly steel gray surfaces yield to a high level of iridescence on this lightly handled pretender issue of Holy Roman Emperor Karl V, unsuccessful claimant to the Spanish throne following the death of Charles II." 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: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM PT5, Cayón-7984.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1711 2 reales, for pretender Charles III
• 1712-S escudo
• 1712-S 2 escudos
• 1712-M 8 escudos
• 1712-S 8 escudos
• 1714 2 reales, for pretender Charles III
• Coins and currency dated 1712
• return to coins of Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)