Spain 1626-S D 8 reales

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24895
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This specimen was lot 24895 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1626-D. Seville Mint. Philip IV (1621-65). NGC AU-55. Struck on a compact flan. Full bold 4 digit date, full shield and cross. Toned." This cob type was struck at Seville 1621-62 along with cobs from Toledo, Segovia, Burgos (1651 only), Cuenca (1651 only) and Madrid. Segovia also produced milled eight reales using roller dies during this reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.37 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-6232, KM-39.6; cf.Cal-Type 127, date not listed, Dav-4410.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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