View source for Aragon (1458-79) ducat Fr-29a

[[Image:Spain Stacks Jan15-1622o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 1622]]
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This specimen was lot 1622 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $9,400. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SPAIN. Aragon. Ducat, ND. Juan II (1458-79). NGC AU-55. RARE. Crowned facing portrait; Reverse: Crowned arms of [[Coinage of Catalonia|Catalonia]]. Nice strike. Attractive portrait. Lightly toned with underlying luster." In the fifteenth century, [[Spain]] was a geographical expression, not a unified realm. His son Ferdinand, by marriage to Isabella of Castile, would unify the two major parts of Spain, Aragon and Castile.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.43 g, .983 fine gold, .108 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-29a (Catalonia); Sabater-989; Crus-497.B.2, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-1798]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Valencia (1387-95) florin Fr-4]]
* [[Majorca (1458-79) florin Fr-10]]
* [[Valencia (1458-79)-C florin Fr-13]] Juan II
* [[Aragon (1466-70) 1/4 pacifico Fr-29]] = quarter ducat
* [[Aragon (1466-70) pacifico Fr-27]]
* [[Majorca (1474-1516) ducat Fr-52]]
* [[Aragon (1479-1516)-LS 4 ducats Fr-16]], Ferdinand V
* [[Aragon (1479-1516)-LS 10 ducats Fr-15a]], Ferdinand V
* [[Coins and currency dated 1458]]
* return to [[Coinage of Aragon]]

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