Spain 1731-M F 4 reales

Aureo sale 246, lot 636

This specimen was lot 642 in Aureo y Calicó sale 246 (Barcelona, September 2012), where it sold for 160 € (about US$243 including buyer's fees). The catalog^[1] noted,

"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1731. Madrid. F. 4 reales. Limpiada. Escasa. (MBC-). (Philip V, 1700-46, four reales of 1731, Madrid mint. Cleaned, scarce, about very fine.)"

This type was struck at Madrid 1728-40, Segovia 1728-29 and Seville 1728-29. It is listed as scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine silver, .405 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9050, KM 337.1, Cal. 1000.

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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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