Spain 1817-S CJ 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 533

This specimen was lot 533 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, Spain, November 2011), where it sold for 180 euro (about US$285 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1817. Sevilla. CJ. 8 reales. Parte de brillo original. Muy escasa así. EBC-. (Eight reales of 1817, Seville mint. Partial luster, very scarce thus, nearly extremely fine.)"

By 1816, Napoleon was defeated and exiled to St. Helena to fabricate his legend. Ferdinand was reinstalled in Madrid and began taking condign revenge on his opponents, real and imagined. Rebellion and anarchy surged the length of Latin America. This standard bust of Ferdinand was used at Seville 1809-20.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15986, Cal. 641, KM 466.4, Dav-323.

Sources:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
  • 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.

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