Spain 1651(v) F 8 reales
This specimen was lot 1302 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Valladolid, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, (1651), assayer not visible (stylized F), very rare. High-grade example (AU) with very light toning and faint luster, flat in the peripheries, with natural edge-split, but with choice full crown and shield and cross-lions-castles that are recognizable by style as Valladolid. The Valladolid mint struck these coins only in 1651 with a distinctive F assayer-mark that looks an E with crossbar extended to left, a direct product of the silver shortage following the Potosí scandal, when several Spanish mints briefly increased output using melted and refined silver. A very rare and desirable peninsular type, seldom encountered and highly prized by advanced collectors." This type was struck at Valladolid in 1651 for Philip IV of Spain while the Segovia mint was producing milled coinage. The Valladolid mint also struck four reales in 1651.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.46 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 24.81 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6441, Cal-1690; KM-134.6 or KM 39.8, Dav-4412.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, 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, 2025.
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