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''Recorded mintage'': unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage'': unknown.
  
''Specifications'': 3.43 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 3,42 g.  
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''Specification'': 3.43 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 3,42 g.  
  
 
''Catalog reference'': Imperatrix J1:1.12, same example, AB. 539.1 var, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-1443]].  
 
''Catalog reference'': Imperatrix J1:1.12, same example, AB. 539.1 var, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-1443]].  

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1336

This specimen was lot 1336 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 320 € (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Juan I (1379-1390). Seville. Real. Nice. Original luster. Rare obverse legend. EBC [extremely fine]." Juan I was king of Castile and Leon 1379-90. He died at the age of 32 after falling from his horse. His attempt to conquer Portugal in 1383-85 was an ignominious failure. He issued reales, half reales and cornados in silver and blancas and half blancas in billon.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.43 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 3,42 g.

Catalog reference: Imperatrix J1:1.12, same example, AB. 539.1 var, Cayón-1443.

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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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