Spain 1778-Seg 2 maravedis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued at Segovia 1772-88. The SCWC lists this date as common but this is the first specimen this writer has ever seen at an American coin show. Madrid issues are noted as rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10972, KM 406.2.

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.

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• 1778-M 2 escudos
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• 1788-Seg 2 maravedis
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