Spain 1725-M A 2 reales
This specimen was lot 2716 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 40 € (about US$52 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1725. Felipe V. Madrid. A. 2 reales. PHILIPPUS V/LUDOVICUS I. Algo alabeada. MBC/BC+ [slightly bent, fine to very fine]." Altho this variety shows PHILIPPUS V punched over LUDOVICUS I, no Madrid two reales of 1725 are known with Luis's name. The obverse die must have been recycled from 1724. 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 1716-25 and again 1730, 1735, 1737 and 1740.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 5,24 g.
Catalog reference: KM 296, AC. 780, Cayón-8764.
- 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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