Spain 1611-S B 4 reales

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Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 8249
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This specimen was lot 8249 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1611-S B. Seville Mint. Philip III. NGC MS-64. Pop: 1, and the only Uncirculated example graded by NGC. Last digit of date clear, and visible mintmark and assayer letter. A broadly struck Cob with good detail on the centers. The surfaces are softly lustrous with a pleasant, light gray tone throughout." This cob was issued from Seville 1601-04 and 1610-21. Assayers B and D are both recorded for 1611. Similar cobs were produced at Madrid, Valladolid, Toledo and Segovia. Segovia also issued milled 4 reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common for the type.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.74 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4763, KM-33.4; Cal-type 154 #806.

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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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