Spain 1611-Seg C 8 reales

Sedwick Treasure Auction 35, lot 1414

This specimen was lot 1414 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN, Segovia, milled 8 reales, Philip III, 1611 C. Bold AU- with light toning, minor surface irregularity (as made), popular type." This milled eight reales was issued from Segovia 1607-21. A 1611/09 overdate is reported. Cob eight reales were produced at Madrid, Valladolid, Toledo and Seville but Segovia was the only mint milling coins. Segovia also issued cob 8 reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.46 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.17 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4889, Cal-943; KM-28.3.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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