Spain 1595(v) D 4 reales

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36554

This specimen was lot 36554 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 4 Reales, 1595-Do. Valladolid Mint. Philip II. PCGS MS-61. The only certified example at PCGS." Cayón lists several varieties for this date, depending on whether the denomination is written "4", "III" (shown here) or "IIII". The Valladolid mint struck only cobs. Other dates include 1590, 1592-93 and 1598.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.56 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3873, Cal-638.

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.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• (15)92-F 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1594-G 4 reales
• 1595-G 2 reales
• 1595 2 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1595-G 4 reales
• 1595-S 4 reales
• (15)95-Seg 4 reales
• 1595-T^O 4 reales
• 1595-S escudo
• 1595-S 2 escudos
• 1596-Seg FE 4 reales, Segovia mint
• Coins and currency dated 1595
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)