Spain 1661-MD Y 8 maravedis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued from Madrid, Trujillo, Toledo, Valladolid and Cuenca 1661-64. The 16 maravedis was silvered; we can't tell if this specimen ever had a silver coating.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-5408, KM-171.5.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

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