Spain 1618-To V 4 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24888

This specimen was lot 24888 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 4 Reales, 1618-V. Toledo Mint. Philip III (1598-1621). NGC AU-55. Dot between 1 & 8 of date. Date runs off of the flan, only the bottom half of the numerals are visible. Struck on a broad flan with full shield and cross. Toned." This type was struck 1602, 1609-21 for Philip III. For 1618, assayers P and V exist. Similar four reales cobs were also struck at Seville, Valladolid, Granada, Segovia and Madrid.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, .931 fine, this specimen 13.27 gms.

Catalog reference: KM-33.5; Cal-Type 96 #303, Cayón-4820.

Sources:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

• 1612-S 4 reales
• 1611-MD 4 reales
• 1618-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1618-Seg 8 reales
• 1620-T^O 4 reales
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1618