Spain 1799-M MF 2 reales

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Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2760

This specimen was lot 2760 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 30 € (about US$39 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1799. Carlos IV. Madrid. MF. 2 reales. BC+/MBC- [fine to very fine]." This type was struck 1788-1808. It was called the "pistareen" in the early United States to distinguish it from its Latin American peers, which were 0.896 fine silver. Assayer MF is recorded for 1788-1800.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 6.77 g, 0.812 fine silver, this specimen 5,66 g.

Catalog reference: KM 430.1, AC. 607, Cayón-13603.

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 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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