Spain 1601-G M 2 reales

Sedwick sale 27. lot 678

This specimen was lot 678 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $595. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Granada, Spain, cob 2 reales, 1601M. Choice full shield and cross-lions-castles with bold full date, denomination II (horizontal) to left and assayer-mintmark M-G to right, VF with toned fields, high points shiny."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .931 fine silver, this specimen 6.65 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4584, Cal-582.

Sources:

• 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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1597-G 2 reales
• 1602-Seg maravedi
• 1604-T^O 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1601
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)