Spain 1630-Seg P 8 reales
The specimen shown was lot 131 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 850 euros (about US$1,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1630. Segovia. P. 8 reales. Buen ejemplar. Rara. EBC-. (Eight reales of 1630, Segovia mint. Good example and rare; nearly extremely fine.)
This type was issued intermittently at Segovia 1621-60. The aqueduct was the mintmark for the Segovia mint until it closed in the 1840's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6267, KM 76, Cal-563, Dav-4408.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- 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.
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