Spain 1761-S JV 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued at Seville and Madrid 1759-71. The minors, especially one and two reales, are much more common than the pesos.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.833 fine silver, .181 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11462, KM 388.2.

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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

Link to:

• 1759-M 2 reales
• 1760-M 2 reales
• Bolivia 1761-P VY 2 reales
• Guatemala 1761-G P 2 reales
• Mexico 1761-Mo M 2 reales
• Peru 1761-L JM 2 reales
• 1761-M 2 reales
• 1761-M 4 reales
• 1761-S 4 reales
• 1761-S ½ escudo
• 1761-M 4 escudos
• 1767-M 2 reales
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1761