Spain 1731-M JF 1/2 real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is a Spanish half real struck in 1731 at the Madrid mint. The type was struck intermittently 1730-48. Assayer JF is recorded for the years 1730-1740. It does not have a particularly high catalog value but is seldom seen at American coin shows.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.0490 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8221, KM 350.1.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1730-S real
• 1730-M ½ real
• Spain 1731-M F real
• 1731-S 2 reales
• 1731-M 4 reales
• 1731-M 8 reales
• Spain 1731-S PA 8 reales
• 1731-S 8 escudos
• 1733-S 1 real
• 1734-S ½ real
• Coins and currency dated 1731
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)