Spain 1731-S PA 8 reales

Courtesy Cayon Subastas

The specimen shown was lot 663 in Cayon Subastas sale in Madrid, on February 4 2012, where it sold for 1100 € (about US$1708 including buyer's fees). The catalog description ^[1] noted,

"Sevilla. 8 reales. 1731. PA vertical. MBC+, bonito tono. (Seville 8 reales, 1731-PA placed vertically. Very fine +, nice toning.)"

This type was issued at Seville 1731-1736. All the early eight reales of Spain are rare and expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.7859 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 358, Cayón-9342, Dav-1697.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Cayon Subastas, Auction February 2012: Highly Important Collection of Spanish and Latin American 8 Reales and other Coins from the Spanish Empire, Madrid: Cayon Subastas, 2012.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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