Spain 1591-S H 8 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 406

This specimen was lot 406 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €260 (about US$343 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1591/0. Felipe II. Sevilla. H. 8 reales. Rara. MBC-/MBC. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, eight reales of 1591, rare, about very fine.)"

This date also comes with assayer D. The Segovia mint was already producing milled coinage in 1591 but the other mints would not adopt this process until much later.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27,17 g.

Catalog reference: Cal-245, Dav-8480, Cayón-4030.

Source:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, 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.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977

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