Spain 1740-M JF 4 reales

This four reales type was issued at Madrid 1728-40. While Spanish four reales of this period are half the price of the rare eight reales, they are still seven times the price of a bust four reales of the 1770's. This particular examples shows evidence of both a brockage and double striking.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, .405 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9124, KM 337.1.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1737-S 4 reales
• 1738-M 4 reales
• 1740-M ½ real
• 1740-M 2 reales
• 1740-M 4 reales
• 1740-P 4 reales
• Mexico 1740-Mo MF 4 reales
• 1740-M 8 reales
• 1740-M escudo
• 1740-S 2 escudos
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1740