Spain 1592-To C 2 reales

Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 673

This specimen was lot 673 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Toledo, Spain, cob 2 reales, 1592 date to right, assayer C below mintmark oT to left. Very bold full shield and date, full but off-center cross-lions-castles, nearly full crown, once polished but now with contrasting toning on fields, XF for wear." The Toledo mint struck this type 1589-98 along with Seville, Valladolid, Granada and Segovia. Toledo is a better mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.86 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.58 grams.

Catalog reference: Cal-443, Cayón-3668.

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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1592 2 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1592 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1592-S 4 reales, Segovia mint
• 1592-S 4 reales, Seville mint
• Coins and currency dated 1592
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)