Spain 1863 100 reales 6 point star
This specimen was lot 723 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €291 (about US$384 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1863. Isabel II. Madrid. 100 reales. Rayitas. Escasa. EBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Isabel II, one hundred reales of 1863, Madrid mint, scratches, scarce, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1863-64 at Seville and Madrid (shown here). Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid, Seville (shown here) and Barcelona). In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams and the copper maravedis dropped in favor of 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 reales.
Recorded mintage: 3,045,909.
Specification: 22 mm diameter, 8.38 g, 0.900 fine gold, .242 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, this specimen 8,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 617.1, Cayón-17392, Cal-28.
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- 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.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ‘’Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.’’, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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