Spain (1497-1504)-G R 2 reales
This specimen was lot 73012 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Reales, (1474-1504). G-R. Granada Mint. Ferdinand & Isabella PCGS AU-53. Obverse displays mintmark and value, 'G' and 'II'. Reverse has an 'R' for the assayer. Slate gray toning with an overall bold strike for the type. Included as well is an old collector's tag." The Catholic Kings had two reales struck at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Segovia, Seville and Toledo. Numerous varieties exist tho not so many as the one real. On this one, the "G" is to the left of the shield. The "R" is visible on the reverse but muddled and the image is upside down.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.931 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2761, Calico-498.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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- Coins and currency dated 1497
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)