Bolivia 1622-P T 4 reales
This specimen was lot 165 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $1,963.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (16)22T, quadrants of cross transposed, Grade 1. Odd-shaped flan (possibly from edge-loss, but with minimal surface corrosion), nice full shield and cross, bold bottom half of 22 of date (desirable and scarce as the date of the wreck), lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #158483. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida." This type was struck 1622-47, throughout the first part of the reign of Philip IV. Dates were added in 1617; even so, many are so crudely made that the dates are not legible. This type is rare; it was never made in large quantities and nearly all melted down in the great remintage of 1649-52 when the debased cobs were called in.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 12.38 g.
Catalog reference: S-P21a; KM-17; CT-unlisted, Cayón-unlisted.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- [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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