Spain 1590-S D 8 reales
This specimen was lot 8213 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $810. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 8 Reales, 1590-S D. Seville Mint. Philip II. NGC AU-55. Pop: 1, one graded finer by NGC. Square 'D' Variety. A well struck Cob with nearly complete detail on the central devices, and a good deal of visible peripheral legends. The date and assayer letter are bold. One crack in the planchet is noted at 12 o'clock." These hammered eight reales were struck at Granada (Dav-8476), Segovia (Dav-8477), Seville (shown here), Toledo (Dav-8481, -8482) and Valladolid (Dav-8483, -8484). Assayer D and H are noted for 1590.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW; this specimen 27.39 g.
Catalog reference: Cal-type 205 #728, Dav-8480, Cayón-4015.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- 1590-Seg Io cob 8 reales
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- 1590-S H 2 escudos
- 1590-TO 2 escudos
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- 1591-S 8 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1590
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)