Spain 1619-B I 4 reales

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Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73016
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This specimen was lot 73016 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1619-B. Burgos Mint. Philip III. NGC MS-65★. We have here an incredible coin. First, we have a 4 Reales of Philip III graded MS 65★ by NGC. There are no 4 Reales for the year 1619 graded this high, and there are no other dates of the king's reign with a 4 Reales graded MS 65★. Second, the coin is of remarkable quality. Inspiring slate gray toning with wondrous underlying luster. Every detail is sharply struck. The date is partially off the flan, but legible. Third, this 4 Reales of Burgos is not found in any catalog we have checked and it has never been offered for sale that we know of. It is obviously a major conditional RARITY. This coin would grace any collection." This enigmatic coin puzzles us. The last silver coin struck at Burgos mentioned in Cayón is a rare two reales of 1601-02 (Cayón-4583 and -4587). No four reales are mentioned at all for this reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.74 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM-Unlisted; Cal- Unlisted.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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