Spain 1808-M IG 8 reales

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 320

This specimen was lot 320 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 1,300 € (about US$1,698 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1808. Carlos IV. Madrid. IG. 8 reales. Very nice. Original luster. Rare, especially in this condition. EBC+ [choice extremely fine]. Ex Aureo & Calico Selection 2015, no. 242." This type was struck at Madrid 1788-89, 1796-1805. When production resumed in 1808, three different assayers stamped the eight reales, AI (most common), FA and IG. Charles IV abdicated in 1808 and Napoleon's brother Joseph was made king.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a slightly better date.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 27 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13981, KM 432.1, AC-946, Dav-307.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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