Spain 1652-Seg BR 2 reales

Stack's Bowers February 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75391

This specimen was lot 75391 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Reales, 1652-B. Segovia Mint. Philip IV. PCGS AU-53. A quite decently struck example of the type, with a slightly eroded reverse die, exhibiting problem-free surfaces and medium to dark gray toning throughout." This type was struck at Segovia (shown here), Toledo and Seville in 1627-28, 1652, 1659. This is the most common date of a fairly scarce type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.86 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM 83.1.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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