Spain 1663-B R 16 maravedis

Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2648

This specimen was lot 2648 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 60 € (about US$78 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1663. Felipe IV. Burgos. R. 16 maravedís. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This denomination was struck 1662-64 at Burgos. The sixteen maravedis which appears here was struck only briefly (1660-64) and then abandoned, most likely due to rejection by the populace. The type is also known from Cuenca, Cordoba, Coruña, Granada, Madrid, Valladolid, Segovia and Seville.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper with a silver wash, this specimen 4,96 g.

Catalog reference: KM 172.1, AC. 440, Cayón-5528.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

Link to:

• 1661-Seg BR 16 maravedis
• 1662-B R 16 maravedis
• 1662 16 maravedis, Granada mint
• 1662 16 maravedis, Valladolid mint
• 1663-C^A 2 maravedis
• 1663-M Y 2 maravedis
• 1663-B R 4 maravedis
• 1663-Seg BR 4 maravedis
• 1663-TR^O 4 maravedis
• 1663 8 maravedis, La Coruña mint
• 1663-C^A 8 maravedis
• 1663-M S 8 maravedis
• 1663-Seg S 8 maravedis
• 1663-S R 8 maravedis
• 1663-TR^O 8 maravedis
• 1663-M 16 maravedis
• 1663-S R 16 maravedis
• 1663-Seg S 16 maravedis
• 1663-M S 8 reales
• 1664-C^A 2 maravedis
• 1664-M Y 16 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1663
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