Bolivia 1631-P T 4 reales
This specimen was lot 614 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1631 T, rare, ex-Ponte. Bold full 16 and 31 of date (separated by doubling) outside of full but centrally weak cross, good full shield with bold full •P-T• to left and O-iiii to right, attractively toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection." 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. Assayer T operated 1626-36 and 1643-48 and was probably deeply implicated in the debasement fraud.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.58 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6040; S-P26; KM-17a; Cal-1095.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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