Spain 1751-M JB real

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 47527

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 47527 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Real, 1751-M JB. Madrid Mint. Ferdinand VI. PCGS EF-40. PCGS total pop: 1." This type was struck at Madrid 1746-59 with assayer JB shown for 1747-58.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 3.38 g, 0.833 fine silver, 24-25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10290, KM-369.1; Cal-175.

Sources:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1750-S real
• Guatemala 1751-G J real
• Mexico 1751-Mo M real
• 1751-M ½ escudo
• 1751-S ½ escudo
• 1752-M real
• Coins and currency dated 1751
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)