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[[Image:Spain 1620 8 reales Ponterio 150-9523.jpg|550px|thumb|Ponterio sale 150, lot 9523]]

This coin was lot 9523 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $833.75. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1620-A+. Segovia Mint. Philip III (1598-1621). 'V' in PHILIPPUS inverted 'A.' One small planchet flaw, toned EXTREMELY FINE." This type was struck in Segovia 1610-21; all dates are scarce to rare. Simultaneous with these handsome milled coins, the Toledo, [[Spain 1620-SD D 8 reales|Seville]] and [[Spain 1620-MD G 8 reales|Madrid]] mints were issuing cobs.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-4937]], KM-28.3; Cal-163c; Calb-1503 muled with 1504, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-4394]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1,'' 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974.
* Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, ''Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins,'' New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, ''Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1618-Seg A+ 8 reales|1618-Seg 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1620-Seg A+ 1/2 real|1620-Seg ½ real]]
* [[Spain 1620-MD Go 4 reales|1620-MD G<sup>O</sup> 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1620-To P 4 reales|1620-T<sup>O</sup> P 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1620-MD G 8 reales|1620-MD 8 reales cob]]
* [[Spain 1620-SD D 8 reales|1620-SD 8 reales cob]]
* [[Spain 1620-S G 8 reales|1620-S G 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1621-Seg A+ 4 reales|1621-Seg 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1624-Seg R 8 reales|1624-Seg 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1620]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 150]]