Spain 1660-S 8 maravedis

Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1389

This specimen was lot 1389 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 310 € (about US$402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "(1660). Felipe IV. Seville. 8 maravedis. Hammer-struck. Rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This denomination was struck in large numbers during the reign of Philip III and into the 1620's but thereafter virtually ceased. This is a rare date and probably a pattern as the issues of 1661-62 are very common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper, this specimen 9,05 g.

Catalog reference: AC. 402, as a proof, KM 11.4, Cayón-5396.

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.
• 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 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

Link to:

• 1643-MD 8 maravedis
• 1660-Seg 8 reales
• 1661 8 maravedis, Granada mint
• 1661-MD Y 8 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1660
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)