Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)

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Spain and Portugal in 1812, from Gardiner's atlas, c. 1905
Spain and Portugal in 1850, from Milner's atlas

Note on Spanish Mints

  • Mint name abbreviations used below are as follows: M = Madrid, S = Seville, Seg = Segovia, Ca = Cuenca, C = Cadiz, Ba = Barcelona, J, Ja = Jubia, PP = Pamplona, V = Valencia. With the exception of Segovia, which used an aqueduct, and Valladolid, which used four pennants, these correspond to the mintmarks on the actual coins.

One maravedi

Two maravedis

Four maravedis

Eight maravedis

16 maravedis

Half real

Stack's Bowers Ocotber 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73366
This specimen was lot 73366 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description noted, "SPAIN. Cob 1/2 Real, 1627. Toledo Mint. Philip IV. PCGS VF-25. KM-88; Cal-650. 1.52 g. From the Richard August Collection."

bust type

One real

bust type

Two reales

bust type

Four reales

bust type

Eight reales

bust type

Ten reales de vellon

Twenty reales de vellon

50 reales (cincuentin)

80 reales de vellon

160 reales de vellon

320 reales de vellon

Half escudo

Philip V

Ferdinand VI

Charles III

Charles IV

Ferdinand VII

One escudo

bust type

Two escudos

bust type

Four escudos

bust type

Eight escudos

Philip V

Ferdinand VI

Charles III

Charles IV

Ferdinand VII