Spain 1611-S B 8 reales
This specimen was lot 24887 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1611-B. Seville Mint. Philip III (1598-1621). NGC AU-55. Struck on a broad flan. Clear 4 digit date. Full shield and cross. Toned." This type was struck for Philip III at Seville 1611-21, and also at Toledo, Valladolid (1601 only), Madrid and Segovia (1619 only).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.47 g, .931 fine, this specimen 27.25 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4890, Dav-4396, KM-37.3; Cal-Type 68 #178.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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