Spain 1713-M J 8 reales
The specimen shown was lot 159 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 2,200 € (about US$3,416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1713. Madrid. J. 8 reales. Anv.: PHILIPPUS V D G . Rev.: HISPANIARUM REX 1713. Reverso algo descentrado. Bellísima. Brillo original. Muy rara así. EBC+. (Eight reales of 1713, Madrid mint; reverse slightly off-center, handsome, lustrous, very rare thus, choice extremely fine.)
This type was issued at Madrid 1710-16. The preceding type featured a narrower crown. All the early eight reales of Spain are rare and expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.47 g, 0.903 fine silver, .785 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9243, KM 291, Cal-682a, Dav-1693.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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