Spain 1620-To P 4 reales

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 8252

This specimen was lot 8252 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1620-To P. Toledo Mint. Philip III. NGC AU-58. A boldly struck coin with clear mintmark, assayer letter, and full date. The surfaces are pleasantly toned, with a few minor spots of strike weakness but no problems." This cob was issued from Toledo 1602 and 1609-21. Similar cobs were produced at Madrid, Valladolid, Seville and Segovia. Segovia also issued milled 8 reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common for the type.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.45 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4829, KM-33.5; Cal-type 156 #858.

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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