Spain 1627-S D 2 reales

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 39683

This specimen was lot 39683 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Reales, 1627-D. Seville Mint. Philip IV. NGC FINE-15." This cob two reales was struck at Seville 1623, 1627-29, 1633-36.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.87 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.50 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-5851, KM-29.4.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1619-S 2 reales
• 1620-T^O 2 reales
• 1627-Seg ½ real
• 1627-Seg 2 reales
• 1627-S 8 reales
• 1628-Seg real
• 1628-Seg 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1627
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)