Spain 1643-MD B 8 maravedis
This specimen was lot 172 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,543 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1643. Felipe IV. (Madrid). B. 8 maravedís (1/4 de real). Acuñada en plata. Única conocida. EBC. (kingdom of Spain, Philip IV, eight maravedis of 1643, Madrid mint, minted in silver, the only one known. Extremely fine.)"
This denomination was struck in copper at Segovia, Valladolid, Seville, Seville, Madrid, Coruña, Cuenca and Burgos. This rare silver eight maravedis may be a pattern. In the eightenth century, thirty four maravedis made a real.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 grams, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 0,69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 14, AC. 527 (plate coin), Cayón-5591.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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