Spain 1804-M FA 1/2 real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Goldberg sale 78, lot 3558

This specimen is one of a series minted in Spain 1792-1808 at Madrid (shown here) and Seville for Charles IV. The type is listed quite low in the SCWC but is very hard to find. This specimen was lot 3558 in Goldberg sale 78 (Los Angeles, January 2014). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Spain. ½ Real, 1804-FA (Madrid). Charles IV. Deeply toned. NGC graded AU-58."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.812 fine silver, .044 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13325, KM 438.1.

Source:

• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Yifu Che and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg sale 78: the pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2014.

Link to:

• 1802-S ½ real
• 1803-M real
• Mexico 1804 ½ real
• 1804-M 4 reales
• 1804-M 8 reales
• 1804-M 2 escudos
• 1814-M ½ real
• Coins and currency dated 1804
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)