Spain 1663-S R 16 maravedis
This specimen was lot 2658 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 25 € (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1663/2. Felipe IV. Sevilla. R. 16 maravedís. Atractiva. MBC+ [attractive, choice very fine]." This denomination was struck 1661-64 at Seville. The sixteen maravedis which appears here was struck only briefly (1660-64) and then abandoned, most likely due to rejection by the populace. The type is also known from Cuenca, Cordoba, Coruña, Granada, Madrid, Valladolid, Segovia and Burgos.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: copper with a silver wash, this specimen 4,38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 172.7, AC. 496, J.S. M-610 (variety with dot by mintmark), Cayón-5560 (dot by mintmark).
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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- 1663-M Y 2 maravedis
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- 1663-TRO 8 maravedis
- 1663-CA 8 maravedis
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- 1664-M Y 16 maravedis
- Coins and currency dated 1663
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)