Spain (1497-1504)-B excelente Fr-133

Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 139

This specimen was lot 139 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 7,900 € (about US$10,320 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Catholic Monarchs. Burgos. Excelente. Obv.: *9VOS:DEVS:CONGVNGIT:hOMO:NON:SEPARET:. Rev.: FERNANDVS:ET hELISABET:D:G:R. B over the busts. Slightly warped. Very rare. MBC [very fine]. Ex Caballero de las Yndias Colle[c]tion 06/03/2009, no. 1071." This type was struck at Burgos (shown here), Cuenca, Granada, Segovia, Seville, Toledo, Valencia and Zaragoza. Burgos is just about the rarest mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-2866, Fr-133, AC-636.

Sources:

• 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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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