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[[Image:SPN_1707S_8R-M_cayon-lot655-4Feb2012-USD8986.jpg|550px|thumb|Courtesy Cayon Subastas]]
 
[[Image:SPN_1707S_8R-M_cayon-lot655-4Feb2012-USD8986.jpg|550px|thumb|Courtesy Cayon Subastas]]
  
The specimen shown was lot 655 in Cayon Subastas sale in Madrid, on February 4 2012, where it sold for 5,600 € (about US$8,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description <sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Sevilla. 8 reales. 1707. M. EBC, restos de brillo original. Bonito tono. Rarísima. Más aún en esta soberbia conservación.''(Seville eight reales of 1707-M. AU, some original luster. Nice toning. Very rare. Magnificent conservation.)"</blockquote>   
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The specimen shown was lot 655 in Cayon Subastas sale in Madrid, on February 4 2012, where it sold for 5,600 € (about US$8,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description <sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Sevilla. 8 reales. 1707. M. EBC, restos de brillo original. Bonito tono. Rarísima. Más aún en esta soberbia conservación.''(Seville eight reales of 1707-M. AU, some original luster. Nice toning. Very rare. Magnificent conservation.)"</blockquote>  This type was issued at Madrid and Seville 1704-13. The [[Spain 1714-M J 8 reales|succeeding type]] featured a larger crown. All the early eight reales of Spain are rare and expensive.
 
 
This type was issued at Madrid and Seville 1704-13. The [[Spain 1714-M J 8 reales|succeeding type]] featured a larger crown. All the early eight reales of Spain are rare and expensive.
 
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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* 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.
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
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* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cayon Subastas, ''Auction February 2012:  Highly Important Collection of Spanish and Latin American 8 Reales and other Coins from the Spanish Empire'', Madrid: Cayon Subastas, 2012.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cayon Subastas, ''Auction February 2012:  Highly Important Collection of Spanish and Latin American 8 Reales and other Coins from the Spanish Empire'', Madrid: Cayon Subastas, 2012.
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
  
 
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* [[Spain 1705-S P 8 reales|1705-S 8 reales]]
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* [[Spain 1706-S P 8 reales|1706-S 8 reales]]
 
* [[Valencia 1707-LL croat]]
 
* [[Valencia 1707-LL croat]]
 
* [[Spain 1707-Seg Y real|1707-Seg 1 real]]
 
* [[Spain 1707-Seg Y real|1707-Seg 1 real]]

Latest revision as of 15:35, 9 February 2024

Courtesy Cayon Subastas

The specimen shown was lot 655 in Cayon Subastas sale in Madrid, on February 4 2012, where it sold for 5,600 € (about US$8,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description [1] noted,

"Sevilla. 8 reales. 1707. M. EBC, restos de brillo original. Bonito tono. Rarísima. Más aún en esta soberbia conservación.(Seville eight reales of 1707-M. AU, some original luster. Nice toning. Very rare. Magnificent conservation.)"

This type was issued at Madrid and Seville 1704-13. The succeeding type featured a larger crown. All the early eight reales of Spain are rare and expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.7859 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 266, Cayón-9206, Dav-1692.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Cayon Subastas, Auction February 2012: Highly Important Collection of Spanish and Latin American 8 Reales and other Coins from the Spanish Empire, Madrid: Cayon Subastas, 2012.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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