Spain 1731-S PJ 2 reales

Courtesy Cayon Subastas

Shown is a Spanish two reales struck in 1731 at the Seville mint. Assayer PA is recorded for the years 1731-1736. This specimen was auctioned by Cayon Subastas in Madrid, Spain, on September 16, 2011, where it hammered for 40 Euros (about US$65 including buyer's fees). The catalog description reads:

"Sevilla. 2 reales. 1721, 24 y 31. J y PA. Cy8728, 60 y 8810. BC y MBC-. Lote de tres piezas (3) (two reales of 1721, 1724 and 1731, Seville mint, fine to about very fine; three coins in the lot)."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.1965 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8810, KM 355.

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 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.

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