Spain 1724-Seg F 2 reales KM-297
This specimen was lot 1306 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €100 (about US$126 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1724. Felipe V. Segovia. F. 2 reales. Buen ejemplar. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Philip V, two reales of 1724, Segovia mint. Nice example, choice very fine.)"
Two reales were struck in 1724 at Madrid, Segovia and Seville for Philip V and Louis I. Philip abdicated in favor of his son Louis I in January 1724. Unfortunately, Louis died in August, having barely attained the age of seventeen, and Philip was forced to resume the throne.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 silver, this specimen 5,77 g.
Catalog reference: KM 297, AC. 960, Cayón-8759.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.
Links to:
- 1723-Seg F 2 reales
- 1724-M A 2 reales, Philip V
- 1724-M A 2 reales, Louis I
- 1724-Seg F 2 reales, Louis I
- 1724-S J 2 reales, Louis I
- 1724-Seg 4 escudos
- 1724-Seg 8 escudos
- 1725-Ca 2 reales
- 1725-M 2 reales
- 1725-S J 2 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1724
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)