Spain 1651(v) Y 4 reales
This specimen was lot 34493 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1651. Valladolid Mint. Philip IV. NGC [EF]-45. An INCREDIBLY RARE cob minor from this lesser seen mint, the present example features solid originality and enough details to make attribution certain. As such, a great opportunity for the specialist in the series for a specimen that won't likely be rivaled anytime soon." The SCWC reports four reales cobs from Madrid, Burgos, Cuenca, Toledo, Granada, Seville and Valladolid (shown here) as well as machine struck examples from Segovia. The specimen shown here has a badly muddled assayer's initial above the mintmark, we assume it was intended to be a "Y".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.54 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM-35.8; Cal-1225.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to:
- Bolivia 1651-P E 4 reales
- 1651-G ½ real
- 1651-MD ½ real
- 1651-MD real, with the escutcheon of Portugal
- 1651-MD A 4 reales
- 1651-G 8 reales
- 1651-MD A 8 reales
- 1651/30-Seg I 8 reales
- 1651-Seg I VIII reales
- 1651-TO 8 reales
- 1659-MD G 4 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1651
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)