Spain 1596-Seg FE 4 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 390

This specimen was lot 390 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €160 (about US$211 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1596. Felipe II. Segovia. 4 reales. Único año de este ensayador. Fecha de 4 dígitos a derecha del escudo. Los dos últimos dígitos retocados. Rara. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, four reales of 1596, Segovia mint. The only year for this assayer. Four digit date to the right of the shield, the last two digits repunched. Rare, about very fine.)"

This date is also recorded with an 1596/5 overdate. The assayer's initials are seen as a ligature above the aqueduct mintmark. Four reales were also produced at Granada, Valencia and Seville in 1596.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13,71 g.

Catalog reference: Cal-364 (plate coin), Cayón-3877.

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.

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