Spain 1625-Seg R 8 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24894

This specimen was lot 24894 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, (16)25-R. Segovia Mint. Philip IV (1621-65). NGC VF-30. Crude strike but with clear "25" of date, mint mark and assayer's letter. Toned." This cob type was struck at Segovia 1621-62 along with cobs from Toledo, Seville, Burgos (1651 only), Cuenca (1651 only) and Madrid. Segovia also produced milled eight reales using roller dies during this reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.42 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-6224, KM-39.5; Cal-Type 120 #553, Dav-4407.

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:

• 1624-T^O 4 reales
• 1624-Seg 8 reales
• Mexico 1625-Mo D 8 reales
• 1625-S 2 escudos
• 1625-MD 2 escudos
• Spain 1626-Seg A+ 50 reales
• 1626-S 8 reales
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1625