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[[Image:Spain 1598T 8 reales Aureo 242-0112g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 242, lot 112]]

The specimen shown was lot 112 in Aureo y Calico sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 1,300 € (about $2,018 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote><p>"''Felipe II (1556-1598). 1590. Toledo. 8 reales. Anv.: Escudo entre / y /90. Acuñación floja. Muy rara. MBC-.'' (Philip III (1598-1621), eight reales of 1590, Toledo mint. Shield between mintmark and date. Weak strike, very rare, about very fine.)"</p></blockquote>  This type is from Toledo, one of the smaller mints of Spain. It is hammered.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.47 g, .931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8481]], Cal. 265, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-4016]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes'', Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1,'' 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.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1590-S D 1/2 real|1590-S ½ real]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D real|1590-S real]]
* [[Spain 1590-G F 4 reales|1590-G 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 4 reales|1590-S 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-G F 8 reales|1590-G F 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-Seg 8 reales|1590-Seg 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 2 escudos|1590-S 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1590-S D 4 escudos|1590-S 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1593-S B 8 reales|1593-S 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1590]]
* return to [[Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)]]

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