Castile (1369-79)(c) real
This specimen was lot 75628 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Real, ND (1369-79). Cuenca Mint. Henry II. NGC AU-55. White argent surfaces with the obverse outer legend slightly off-flan. Rare mint." Cayón states that this coin had a face value of three maravedis at the time of issue. It was struck at Burgos, Cordoba, Coruña, Cuenca (shown here), Seville and Toledo. It was the largest silver coin of the reign. This issue from the Cuenca mint should have three dots and a scallop for a mintmark. The reverse is so muddled from being double struck that we can't see the mintmark clearly.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.43 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-1312, BBP-363; cf. MEC 6, 550.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Castile (1369-79)-S 1/2 real, Seville mint
- Castile (1369-79)-B real, Burgos mint
- Castile (1369-79)-S real, Seville mint
- Castile (1369-79)-T real, Toledo mint
- Castile (1379-90)-S real, Seville mint
- Coins and currency dated 1369