Spain 1632-Seg R 8 reales
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This specimen was lot 21381 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1632-R. Segovia Mint. Philip IV (1621-65). PCGS AU-55 Secure Holder. Bold strike with nice even tone, underlying luster and good eye appeal." This type was struck in Segovia 1632-36, 1651-52, 1659-60; all dates are scarce to rare. Simultaneous with these handsome milled coins, the Toledo, Seville and Madrid mints were issuing cobs.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.46 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6285, Cal-571; KM-111, Dav-4409.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [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.
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