Spain 1604-To C 2 reales
This specimen was lot 674 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "Toledo, Spain, cob 2 reales, 1604C. Nice full crown above full but weak shield (off-center) with full assayer C to left, full cross (also partially weak) with tressure rotated 90 degrees from usual (see lot 672 above), full date in legend, AVF overall." The Toledo mint struck this type 1600-10, 1613-20 along with Seville, Valladolid, Granada and Segovia. Toledo is a better mint. The tressure mentioned in the catalog description normally had the points at the 45° and 135° position rather than the 0° and 90° shown on this example. Some of these were struck with the value on the right of the shield (shown here) or on the left (Cayón-4600).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.86 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.72 grams.
Catalog reference: Cal-693; KM-17.7, Cayón-4599.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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