Oddball coins
The following are some oddball coins that are extremely rare:
CAROLVS instead of KAROLVS on 3 reales
Lion punched over castle on Assayer P 4 reales
4 punched at 90 degree tilt then corrected on Assayer P 4 reales
4 punched at 90 degree tilt then corrected on Early Series Assayer P 4 reales
(Sedwick auction #15, May 2014, lot 253)
HISPANDIE and IOANA on Assayer P 2 reales
IOANA and HISPANDIE on Early Series Assayer P 2 reales
(Sedwick auction #14, Oct 2013, lot 314)
Some statistics discovered through my research
For Early Series Assayer R I have catalogued
1 real | 50 coins and 15 varieties | |
2 reales | 25 coins and 18 varieties | |
3 reales | - waves below pillars and three dots | 5 coins and 3 varieties |
- no waves below pillars and three dots | 40 coins and 10 varieties | |
4 reales | about 118 coins and 47 varieties |
There are 53 3-reales coins listed from the Ines de Soto.
The Golden Fleece shipwreck contained three 8-reales coins, the only ones known.
Early Series Assayer R 8 reales
lot 404, Sedwick auction #16, Nov 2014
sold for $587.500
rondules-in-annulets
lot 895, Sedwick auction #12, Oct 2012
quatrefoils on shield and lozenges on pillars
lot 407, Sedwick auction #16, Nov 2014
The number of die varieties of Assayer P coins varies greatly by the stops that were used to separate words. Here are a couple of examples:
Early Series Assayer R 1 real
lot 570, Sedwick auction #20, lot 571, Sedwick auction #20, Nov 2016 Nov 2016
Early Series Assayer R 4 reales
lot 891, Sedwick auction #12, Oct 2012
Early Series Assayer R 4 reales
lot 932 ,Sedwick auction #13, May 2013
Early Series Assayer R 2 reales and 3 reales
lot 176, Sedwick auction #7, April 2010 lot 615, Sedwick auction #14, Oct 2013
Early Series Assayer R ½ real
lot 410 , Sedwick auction #16, Nov 2014
Early Series Assayer G 4 reales
lot 604, Sedwick auction #19, May 2016
Late Series Assayer G 4 reales
lot 908, Sedwick auction #12, Oct 2012
CHAROLUS and CAROLUS
Late Series Assayer G 4 reales
lot 309, Sedwick auction #12, Oct 2012 lot 906, Sedwick auction #12, Oct 2012
HISPANIE
Early Series Assayer P 4 reales
lot 252, Sedwick auction #15, May 2014
HISPANIARUM
Early Series Assayer P 4 reales
lot 498, Sedwick auction #18, Oct 2015
Early Series Assayer F 4 reales
lot 192, Sedwick auction #4, Nov 2008
Late Series Assayer S 2 reales
lot 606, Sedwick auction #20, Nov 2016