Spain 1597-G C 2 reales
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This specimen was lot 381 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €120 (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1597. Felipe II. Granada. C. 2 reales. Tipo "OMNIVM". Escasa. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, two reales of 1597, Granada mint, type with "OMNIVM", scarce, about very fine.)"
This type was struck 1590-98. The date can appear on the obverse or reverse (shown here).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6,84 g.
Catalog reference: Cal-471, Cayón-3698.
- [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.
Link to:
- 1596-G real
- 1596-Seg 4 reales
- 1597-Seg 2 maravedis
- 1597-TO 2 reales
- 1597-S 8 reales
- 1597-Seg 8 reales
- 1597-Seg 2 escudos
- 1597-S 2 escudos
- 1597-S 4 escudos
- 1598-G 4 reales
- 1598-Seg 8 reales
- 1599-S 2 reales, Philip III
- Coins and currency dated 1597
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)