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[[Image:Valencia 1708 2 reales Aureo 232-1220g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 1220]] | [[Image:Valencia 1708 2 reales Aureo 232-1220g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 1220]] | ||
| − | The specimen shown was lot 1220 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 160 euros (about $264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Felipe V (1700-1746). 1708. Valencia. F. 2 reales. Escasa. MBC-. '' (Philip V, 1700-46, two reales of 1708, Valencia mint. scarce, nearly very fine.)</blockquote> This type was issued in Valencia 1707-14 on behalf of the French prince Philip, who as Philip V contended successfully with the Austrian archduke Charles for the throne of Spain. It is scarce. | + | The specimen shown was lot 1220 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 160 euros (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Felipe V (1700-1746). 1708. Valencia. F. 2 reales. Escasa. MBC-. '' (Philip V, 1700-46, two reales of 1708, Valencia mint. scarce, nearly very fine.)</blockquote> This type was issued in Valencia 1707-14 on behalf of the French prince Philip, who as Philip V contended successfully with the Austrian archduke Charles for the throne of Spain. It is scarce. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 15 September 2021
The specimen shown was lot 1220 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 160 euros (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1708. Valencia. F. 2 reales. Escasa. MBC-. (Philip V, 1700-46, two reales of 1708, Valencia mint. scarce, nearly very fine.)
This type was issued in Valencia 1707-14 on behalf of the French prince Philip, who as Philip V contended successfully with the Austrian archduke Charles for the throne of Spain. It is scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, 196 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-8643, KM 272, Cal-1443.
- 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, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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