Spain 1738-S PJ real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a Spanish real struck in 1738 at the Seville mint from a type struck there 1731-45. Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1738-56. There is no reason to think that these coins are rare but they are very difficult to find in the American numismatic marketplace and are likely seriously underpriced.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .917 fine silver, .099 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8536, KM 354.

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:

• 1734-S 1 real
• 1734-S 8 reales
• 1737-S 2 reales
• 1738-S ½ real
• 1738-S 8 escudos
• 1766-M 1 real
• Coins and currency dated 1738
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)