Spain 1807-S CN 2 reales
This specimen was lot 72275 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Reales, 1807-S CN. Seville Mint. Charles IV. PCGS AU-53. A largely untoned and decently struck coin with wholesome surfaces, struck just a year before Charles IV abdicated the throne." This type was issued at Seville 1793-1808 and Madrid 1788-1808. They were debased in an attempt to keep them inside Spain. Assayer CN is noted for 1793-1808. The minors, especially one and two reales, are much more common than the pesos.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.812 fine silver, .176 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-430.2; Cal-type-84#727, Cayón-13677.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- Coins and currency dated 1807
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)