Spain 1628-MD V 2 reales
This specimen was lot 2090 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Madrid, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, 1628 V. XF with clear mintmark and assayer to left of bold, nearly complete shield, choice full cross with clear bottom half of all four digits in the date, some dark encrustation in the recessed areas with a little tooling." In 1628, the only Spanish mint equipped to strike milled coinage was Segovia; the others (Mexico, Potosi, Toledo, Seville and Nuevo Reino) produced cobs, as here. Assayer V is recorded for 1617, 1621-22, 1626-28 and 1630 altho two reales are not listed for every date. The Madrid mint operated as a private enterprise until 1718, when it was made royal. At that time its current mintmark, the crowned M, was adopted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.00 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-5853, Cal-843; KM-131.2.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
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