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[[Image:SB923-75679o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75679]]
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This specimen was lot 75679 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain|SPAIN]]. Cob 4 Reales, 1591-H. Seville Mint. Philip II. NGC AU-53. A wholesome example of the popular Cob style coinage. While crudely made, many of the important details remain." This cob four reales is among the first dated coins of Spain. Cayón notes that the 1591/0 is common while the regular date is rare. Similar cobs were struck at Valladolid, Granada, Madrid, Segovia and Toledo.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.54 g 0.931 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-3833]] (overdate) or Cayón-3834 (regular date), Cal-585.

''[[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.
* Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1590-S D 4 reales|1590-S 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1591-S I 4 reales|1591-S I 4 reales, Seville mint]]
* [[Spain 1591-S H 8 reales|1591-S 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1591-S H 2 escudos|1591-S 2 escudos, Seville mint]]
* [[Spain 1591-M C 4 escudos|1591-M 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1592-S I 4 reales|1592-S I 4 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1387]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]

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 * [[Spain 1591-S H 8 reales|1591-S 8 reales]]
 * [[Spain 1591-M C 2 escudos|1591-M 2 escudos]]
-* [[Spain 1591-S H 2 escudos|1591-S 2 escudos, Seville mint]]
+* [[Spain 1591-S C 2 escudos|1591-S C 2 escudos]]
 * [[Spain 1591-M C 4 escudos|1591-M 4 escudos]]
 * [[Spain 1592-S I 4 reales|1592-S I 4 reales]]

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' 13.54 g 0.931 fine silver.
+''Specification:'' 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-3833]] (overdate) or Cayón-3834 (regular date), Cal-585.
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 ''Link to:''
 * [[Spain 1590-S D 4 reales|1590-S 4 reales]]
 * [[Spain 1591-S I 4 reales|1591-S I 4 reales, Seville mint]]
 * [[Spain 1591-S H 8 reales|1591-S 8 reales]]

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 [[Image:SB923-75679r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 75679 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain|SPAIN]]. Cob 4 Reales, 1591-H. Seville Mint. Philip II. NGC AU-53. A wholesome example of the popular Cob style coinage. While crudely made, many of the important details remain." This cob four reales is among the first dated coins of Spain. Cayón notes that the 1591/0 is common while the regular date is rare. Similar cobs were struck at Valladolid, Granada, Madrid, Segovia and Toledo.
+This specimen was lot 75679 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain|SPAIN]]. Cob 4 Reales, 1591-H. Seville Mint. Philip II. NGC AU-53. A wholesome example of the popular Cob style coinage. While crudely made, many of the important details remain." This specimen was offered again as lot 75720 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $336. This cob four reales is among the first dated coins of Spain. Cayón notes that the 1591/0 is common while the regular date is rare. Similar cobs were struck at Valladolid, Granada, Madrid, Segovia and Toledo.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

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 * [[Spain 1591-M C 4 escudos|1591-M 4 escudos]]
 * [[Spain 1592-S I 4 reales|1592-S I 4 reales]]
-* [[Coins and currency dated 1387]]
+* [[Coins and currency dated 1591]]
 * return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]
 [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]