Spain (1497-1504)-B 1/2 real

Aureo y Calicó sale 447, lot 1109

This specimen was lot 1109 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 120 € (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Catholic Monarchs. Burgos. 1/2 real. MBC/MBC+ [very fine or better]." The Burgos mint struck this fairly common type with twelve different privy marks. On this example, there is a six pointed star on the yoke side and a parsley leaf on the reverse, next to the cross. Other mints included Granada, Toledo, Seville, Segovia, Cuenca and Coruña in a multitude of varieties.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 1.52 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-2545 (parsley leaf), AC-192.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismatica 447, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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