Spain 1594-G F 4 reales

Ponterio sale 159, lot 8535

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen was lot 8196 in Ponterio sale 160 (Baltimore, June 2011), where it sold for $632.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 4 Reales, 1594-F. Granada Mint. Philip II (1556-98). RARE. Planchet split. Nicely toned. BOLD VERY FINE." Cayón lists this cob type for Granada in 1590-97.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, silver, 0.931 fine.

Catalog reference: Cal-Type-197#302. Cayón-3862.

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

Links to:

• 1590-G 4 reales
• 1592-S 4 reales
• 1593-G 2 reales
• 1593-Seg I^O 4 reales
• Valencia 1594 4 reales
• 1594-S 2 escudos
• 1594-T^O 2 escudos
• 1594-S 4 escudos
• 1595-G 4 reales
• (15)95-Seg I^O 4 reales
• 1595-T^O C 4 reales
• 1595-D 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• Coins and currency dated 1594
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)