Spain 1592-S I 4 reales

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31741

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31741 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $235. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Felipe II Cob 4 Reales 1592-S, VF25 NGC. Variety with full 4 digit date. Nicely toned with a clear S mintmark." Cayón lists this cob type for Seville in 1590-97.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, silver, 0.931 fine.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3837.

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.
• 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]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, The June 2011 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2011.

Links to:

• 1591-S H 4 reales
• 1591-S I 4 reales, Seville mint
• 1592 ½ real, Valladolid mint
• 1592-T^O 2 reales
• 1592 2 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1592-S B 4 reales, Seville mint
• 1592 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• (15)93-Seg I^O 4 reales
• 1593-S 4 reales
• 1593-T 4 reales
• 1594-G 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1592
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)