Spain 1758-M JB real

Courtesy Cayon Subastas

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is a Spanish one real struck in 1758 at the Madrid mint. The assayer JB occurs from 1747-1758. The first specimen was auctioned by Cayon Subastas of Madrid, Spain, on September 16, 2011, where it sold for 84 Euros (about US$137 including buyer's fees). The catalog description reads:

"Madrid. Real. 1756 y 58; junto con 1/2 real 1747 y 52. JB. Cy10330, 345, 10150 y 184. MBC. Lote de cuatro piezas (4). (One reales of 1756 and 1758, with half reales of 1747 and 1752, all Madrid mint; very fine, four coins in lot.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.833 fine silver, 0.0905 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10345, KM 369.1.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1756-M real
• 1758-M ½ escudo
• 1758-S ½ escudo
• 1759-M 2 reales
• 1760-S real
• Coins and currency dated 1758
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)