Spain 1738-M JF 1/2 real

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Áureo y Calicó sale 391, lot 1298

This specimen was lot 1298 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €110 (about US$138 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1738. Felipe V. Madrid. JF. 1/2 real. Atractiva. Escasa así. EBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Philip V, half real of 1738, madrid mint. Attractive, scarce thus, about extremely fine.)"

Half reales were struck in 1738 at Guatemala, Lima, Madrid, Mexico, Potosi and Seville for Philip V, of which Mexico and Madrid are the most common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, this specimen 1,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 350.1, AC. 185, Cayón-8275.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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 Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.

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