Spain 1725-Ca JJ 2 reales

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Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2712

This specimen was lot 2712 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 25 € (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1725. Felipe V. Cuenca. JJ. 2 reales. Punzonadas. MBC- [punch marks, about very fine]." Philip V abdicated in favor of his son Luis in January 1724, only to resume the throne on Luis's death in August. Two reales were struck for Luis in 1724 at Madrid, Seville and Segovia. This type was struck for Philip V at Cuenca 1717-26. The SCWC lists only an overdate for this year, 1725/3.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 5,36 g.

Catalog reference: KM 308, AC. 673, Cayón-8761.

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.
  • 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 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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