Spain (1566-88)(v) Ao 8 reales
This specimen was lot 32741 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 8 Reales, ND (1556-98). Valladolid Mint. Philip II. NGC AU-53. An impressive survivor from this RARE Spanish mint, exhibiting the light strike weakness typically apparent on these crude hammered cob issues, but with essentially all central detail intact, including a bold mintmark and denomination." This variety has the mintmark with three banners and the value written as "VIII". Other Valladolid eight reales come with four banners and the value written as "8". Valladolid eight reales are dated after 1590.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, 0.821 troy oz ASW, this specimen 27.31 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8483, Cayón-3956, Cal-763.
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- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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