Bolivia 1618-PAL 4 reales
This specimen was lot 159 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $2,618. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1618PAL, very rare, Grade 1. Incredibly well-detailed full shield with full and clear P-PAL, the cross also very well-detailed (just with a little corrosion) and with clear date, silvery. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #236861. Recovered from Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida." This type was struck 1605-21, throughout the reign of Philip III. Dates were added in 1617; even so, many are so crudely made that the dates are not legible.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 12.63 g.
Catalog reference: S-P20; KM-9; CT-unlisted, Cayón-4814.
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- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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