Spain 1664-M Y 8 maravedis

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Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2635

This specimen was lot 2635 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 35 € (about US$45 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1664/3. Felipe IV. (M). Y. 8 maravedís. No acuñada la marca de ceca. Rara. MBC/MBC+ [mintmark is missing, rare, very fine or better]." In addition to the reales and escudos familiar to collectors of Spanish American coins, a whole series of copper coins circulated in metropolitan Spain which never made it across the Atlantic despite numerous attempts by colonial authorities to do so. These copper coins appeared in denominations of half, one, two, four, eight and sixteen maravedis (34 maravedis = one real in silver). The eight maravedis which appears here was struck only briefly (1661-64) and then abandoned, most likely due to rejection by the populace. Madrid's mintmark was a simple "M"; the crown was added later when the government took over the mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper, this specimen 2,05 g.

Catalog reference: KM 161.2, AC. 371 var, J.S. M-449 sim, Cayón-5453.

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 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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