Spain 1820-M GJ real
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This specimen was lot 73035 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Real, 1820-M GJ. Madrid Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC MS-63. VERY RARE at this lofty state of preservation and the finest encapsulated by NGC. Otherwise brilliant surfaces reveal tinges of russet and mottled azure when dipped into a light. An excellent strike with all design elements boldly to sharply rendered, and blazing, highly consistent dished luster across both faces." This type was struck at Madrid 1815-20 and 1824-33.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a fairly common date.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.812 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-15339, KM-462.3; Cal-589.
- 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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