Spain 1681-MD M 4 reales
This specimen was lot 1421 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 750 € (about US$971 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1681. Carlos II. Madrid. (M). 4 reales. With inescutcheon of Portugal. Cob type (macuquino) not listed neither in Calicó nor in Pellicer. Cleaned. Very rare. MBC- [about very fine]." The SCWC lists cob four reales from Madrid for 1689-90 and 1693. Cob four reales are also reported from Seville (KM 36.2) for this decade. We also note cob one reales (KM 23.2) and two reales (KM 31) from Madrid in 1681, also quite scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13,31 g.
Catalog reference: AC. 477, Cayón-7452, KM 36.1 (unlisted date).
- 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 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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