Spain 1733-S PA real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a Spanish real struck in 1733 at the Seville mint. Assayer PA is recorded for the years 1731-1736. These coins were lower in fineness than the colonial issues (Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, etc.) and thus were discounted. There is no reason to think that these coins are rare but they are very difficult to find in the American numismatic marketplace and are likely seriously underpriced.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .917 fine silver, .099 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8503, KM 354.

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:

• 1726-S real
• 1733-S ½ real
• 1733-S 2 reales
• 1733-S 8 reales
• 1733-M 2 escudos
• 1733-S 8 escudos
• 1734-S ½ real
• 1734-S 8 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1733
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)