Spain 1690-MD BR 4 reales
This specimen was lot 191 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,258 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1690. Carlos II. MD (Madrid). BR. 4 reales. Tipo "María". Extraordinaria, con todos los datos perfectos. Muy rara y más así. Sólo hemos tenido este ejemplar. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Charles II, four reales of 1690, Madrid mint, "Maria" type. Extraordinary, with all the dates perfect. Very rare thus. We know of only this example.)"
Cayón lists a four reales from Madrid for 1689 and 1691, both of this design, but not 1690. Segovia struck two, four and eight reales of this design using a screw press; this example is clearly hammered.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 10,76 g.
Catalog reference: AC. 480 (plate coin), Cayón unlisted, KM unlisted.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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