Spain 1626-MD V 4 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 391, lot 1279

This specimen was lot 1279 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €400 (about US$503 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1626. Felipe IV. MD (Madrid). V. 4 reales. Ceca horizontal. Visible el ordinal del rey. Fecha rehecha. Buen ejemplar. Ex Colección Isabel de Trastámara 25/05/2017, nº 308. Rarísima y más así. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Philip IV, four reales of 1626, Madrid mint, horizontal mintmark, with a visible king's ordinal. Reworked date, nice example. Choice very fine.)"

This type was struck at Madrid 1626-28, 1638-51, 1659-62. Similar four real cobs were struck at Toledo, Seville, Valladolid and Granada. Assayer V operated 1621-30.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13,58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 35.4, AC. 1016 (plate coin), Cayón-6011.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.

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