Spain 1734-S PA 4 reales

Aureo sale 261, lot 335

This specimen was lot 335 in Aureo y Calicó sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for €135 (about US$217 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1734. Felipe V. Sevilla. PA. 4 reales. Escasa. MBC-. (Philip V (1700-46), four reales of 1734, Seville mint. Scarce, about very fine.)"

This type was issued at Seville 1731-38. While four reales of this period are half the price of the rare eight reales, they are still seven times the price of a bust four reales of the 1770's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, .405 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9088, KM 356, Cal. 1155.

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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Pública 261, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2014.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

Link to:

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