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[[Image:Aureo 447-1177.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo y Calicó sale 447, lot 1177]]

This specimen was lot 1177 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 75 € (about US$98 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "1662. Felipe IV. Granada. N. 8 maravedis. Nice. EBC- [about extremely fine]. Ex Aureo 09/27/2005, no. 584." The [[Spain|Spanish]] mints produced large quantities of copper coins during the reign of Philip III but ceased after his death in 1621, probably due to oversupply. Copper coinage resumed about 1660 and large quantities were struck, again leading to rejection by the populace. This product of the Granada mint is noted for 1661-64. Other mints included [[Spain 1663-B R 4 maravedis|Burgos]], [[Spain 1662(c) R 8 maravedis|La Coruña]], Cuenca, [[Spain 1662-M R 8 maravedis|Madrid]], [[Spain 1663-Seg BR 4 maravedis|Segovia]], Seville and [[Spain 1662(v) M 16 maravedis|Valladolid]]. Numista calls these billon but they were actually copper with a silver wash which is seen only on high grade survivors. Granada's mintmark was a pomegranate (''granada'' in Spanish).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 2.3 g, copper, this specimen 2.43 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-5422]], KM 171.3, AC-341. 

''[[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.
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta Numismatica 447,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1661(g) N 8 maravedis|1661 8 maravedis, Granada mint]]
* [[Spain 1662(c) R 4 maravedis|1662 4 maravedis, La Coruña mint]]
* [[Spain 1662(c) R 8 maravedis|1662 8 maravedis, La Coruña mint]]
* [[Spain 1662-M R 8 maravedis|1662-M R 8 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1662-B R 16 maravedis|1662-B R 16 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1662(g) N 16 maravedis|1662 16 maravedis, Granada mint]]
* [[Spain 1662-Seg BR 16 maravedis|1662-Seg BR 16 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1662(v) M 16 maravedis|1662 16 maravedis, Valladolid mint]]
* [[Spain 1663-B R 4 maravedis|1663-B R 4 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1663-Seg BR 4 maravedis|1663-Seg BR 4 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1663-TRo M 4 maravedis|1663-TR<sup>O</sup> 4 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1663(c) R 8 maravedis|1663 8 maravedis, La Coruña mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1662]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

[[Category:Selections from Aureo sale 447, 448]]