Spain 1596-S B 2 reales

Sedwick sale 25, lot 1770

This specimen was lot 1770 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Seville, Spain, cob 2 reales, 1596 date to right, assayer B below mintmark S and denomination II to left. Oddly oblong flan with good full cross and shield, full date, richly toned AVF with minor surface oxidation." This type was struck 1588-98. Assayer B is noted for 1592-1615.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.84 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3694, CT-549.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

Links to:

• 1588-S 2 reales
• 1595-G 2 reales
• 1595 2 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1596-G real
• 1596-Seg 4 reales
• 1596-S 2 escudos
• 1597-T^O C 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1596
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)