Spain 1729-S S 2 reales

Aureo y Calicó sale 447, lot 1203

This specimen was lot 1203 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 355 € (about US$464 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1729. Felipe V. Seville. 2 reales. Without denomination nor assayer. Rare, especially in this condition. EBC [extremely fine]. Ex Aureo 10/25/2006, no. 364. Ex Isabel de Trastamara collection 05/27/2014, no. 442." Milled two reales were struck at Seville for Philip V 1701-05, 1708, 1718, 1720-37, 1745. Assayer's initials were omitted 1729-30.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 5.91 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8797, KM 340, Cal. 1429.

Source:

• 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, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismatica 447, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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