Spain 1691-MD 8 maravedis

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 47524

This specimen was lot 47524 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Maravedis, 1691-MD. Madrid Mint. Charles II. PCGS GOOD-4." This is a rare one year type struck for Oran in Algeria.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: bronze.

Catalog reference: Cayón-7104, KM-215; Cal-120.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1664-M Y 8 maravedis
• 1690-MD 4 reales, "MARIA" type
• 1691-S 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1691
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)