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[[Image:SB1122-73037o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73037]] | [[Image:SB1122-73037o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73037]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 73037 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain|SPAIN]]. 2 Maravedis, 1818. Segovia Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC MS-64 Brown. Laureate Head issue. A choice coin with overall, strong eye appeal." This type was struck in Segovia 1816-20 and 1824-33 (note the aqueduct mintmark) and was accompanied by copper one, [[Spain 1833-Seg 4 maravedis|four]] and [[Spain 1820-J 8 maravedis|eight maravedis]]. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a fairly common date. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a fairly common date. | ||
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Revision as of 10:26, 27 February 2023
The first specimen was lot 73037 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Maravedis, 1818. Segovia Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC MS-64 Brown. Laureate Head issue. A choice coin with overall, strong eye appeal." This type was struck in Segovia 1816-20 and 1824-33 (note the aqueduct mintmark) and was accompanied by copper one, four and eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a fairly common date.
Specification: copper, 3.02 g, 18.5-19.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14768, KM-487.1.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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