Spain 1807-M AI 2 reales
This specimen was lot 35068 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "Spain: Charles IV 2 Reales 1807 M-AI MS63 NGC, Madrid mint. A common offering in lower grades, this highest graded example from NGC exhibits a simply stunning level of preservation and a clarity of strike that is virtually never seen. The fields, thick with die polish lines, appear nearly flawless, set alight by soft sunset hues that intensify to cobalt and magenta at the edges. A truly singular example worthy of fierce collector interest." This type was issued at Seville 1793-1808 and Madrid 1788-1808. They were debased in an attempt to keep them inside Spain. Assayer AI is noted for 1807 only. The minors, especially one and two reales, are much more common than the pesos.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.812 fine silver, .176 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 430.1, Cayón-13672.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
Link to:
- 1806-M 2 reales
- 1806-S 2 reales
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- 1807-M FA real
- Chile 1807-So FJ 2 reales
- Guatemala 1807-NG M 2 reales
- Mexico 1807-Mo TH 2 reales
- Peru 1807-L JP 2 reales
- 1807-M FA 2 reales
- 1807-S 2 reales
- 1807-M escudo
- 1807-M FA 2 escudos
- 1807-M AI 2 escudos
- 1807-S 2 escudos
- 1808-M 2 reales
- 1808-S 2 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1807
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)