Spain (1556-89)-B 2 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 346, lot 1144

This specimen was lot 1144 in Áureo y Calicó sale 346 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €320 (about US$422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"s/d. Felipe II. Burgos. 2 reales. Resto de soldadura en canto. Muy rara. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, undated two reales, Burgos mint. Solder mark on edge, very rare, choice very fine.)"

The plate coin in Cayón (Cayón-3576) shows assayer M, which is missing from this example.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 5,85 g.

Catalog reference: AC. 307 (plate coin), Cayón-unlisted.

Source:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 346: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Colección Javier Verdejo Sitges, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.

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