Spain 1624-Seg R 8 reales

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Aureo sale 261, lot 233

This specimen was lot 233 in Aureo y Calicó sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for €340 (about US$545 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1624. Felipe IV. Segovia. R. 8 reales. Rayitas. Fecha y ceca perfectas. Muy rara. (MBC-). (Philip IV (1621-65), eight reales of 1624, Segovia mint. Scratches, date and mintmark clear, very rare, about very fine.)"

This type was issued intermittently at Segovia 1621-28 and 1642, simultaneously with milled eight reales. The aqueduct was the mintmark for the Segovia mint until it closed in the 1840's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 75, Cal. 552, Dav-4407, Cayón-6215.

Sources:

  • 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Pública 261, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.

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