Spain 1591-G F 2 reales

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73353

This specimen was lot 73353 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 2 Reales, 1591-Fo G. Granada Mint. Philip II. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." This type is noted for 1590-98 and undated. Similar cobs were struck at Valladolid, Seville, Madrid, Segovia and Toledo. The Granada mint operated intermittently until 1685.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.55 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3657, Cal-321.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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