Spain 1826-S JB 2 reales

Heritage sale 351, lot 14276

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 14276 in Heritage sale 351 (Long Beach, June 2004), where it sold for $36. This type was struck in Madrid 1814-33, in Seville 1815-33 (shown here) and in Cadiz 1810-12. Lower in fineness than contemporary Latin American issues, they were discounted in international trade. Tho priced fairly cheaply in the SCWC, this type is very difficult to find at U. S. coin shows.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.812 fine silver, .176 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15627, KM 460.3.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1826
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