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[[Image:SB523-73309o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73309]]
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This specimen was lot 73309 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain|SPAIN]]. 8 Reales, 1644-MD IB. Madrid Mint. Philip IV. PCGS EF-40. This example retains a strong amount of details across the surfaces, being a tremendous representative of the type. Most of the struck details are present on the flan, despite the irregular shape. A therefore most wholesome and pleasant example of the type." This scarce type was struck 1621, 1627, 1631-35, 1639-44, 1649-51, 1659-62. Many varieties exist in the position of the mintmark and denomination, which was sometimes written "8" and sometimes "VIII". At this time, the Madrid mint was a private venture and its mintmark did not bear the crown used later.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.46 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 26.58 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-6369]], [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-4404]]; KM-39.4; Cal-1277. 

''[[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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1636-Seg R 8 reales|1636-Seg 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1643-MD B 8 maravedis|1643-MD 8 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1643-M B real|1643-M real]]
* [[Spain 1643-MD B 8 reales|1643-MD 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1644-P T 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1644-Mo P 8 reales]]
* [[Spain (1646-64)-MD A 8 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1650-MD A 8 reales|1650-MD 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1651-G N 8 reales|1651-G 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1644]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

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