Spain 1591-G F 4 reales

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 43032

This specimen was lot 43032 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $945.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1591/0-G Fo. Granada Mint. Philip II. PCGS AU-50. From the John P. Burnham Collection." Cayón lists this cob type for Granada in 1590-97. The assayer initial is not "Fo" as stated by the auctioneers but "F" with annulets above and below.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.69 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3824 (1591/0 overdate), Cal-486.

Source:

• 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, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

Link to:

• 1590-G 4 reales
• 1591-G 2 reales
• 1591-S H 4 reales
• 1591-S I 4 reales, Seville mint
• 1591-S 8 reales
• 1591-M 2 escudos
• 1591-S C 2 escudos
• 1591-S H 2 escudos
• 1591-M 4 escudos
• 1594-G 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1591
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)