Spain 1600-Seg C 4 maravedis
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This specimen was lot 173 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 300 € (about US$392 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1600. Felipe III. Segovia. C. 4 maravedis. Very nice. Rare in this condition. EBC+ [choice extremely fine]." This type was milled at Segovia 1598-1602 and is common. At this time, Segovia was the only Spanish mint using the screw press; the products of the other mints were hammered. The assayer's initial "C" is to the left of the castle. This issue also has SCWC catalog number KM 4.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6 g, copper, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 6.63 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4275, KM MB13, AC-251.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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