Colombia 1653 1/2 real
This specimen was lot 1211 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, 1653, no assayer, rare. Good full monogram, bold but off-center cross with crude but certain 53 of date (the 3 with oddly horizontal base with serif, a match with the photographed example in Restrepo) visible before HISP-, also with clear PHIL- of king's name to right of monogram, lightly toned AXF. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection." This type was struck 1628-55 for Philip IV. Nearly all survivors lack legible dates and therefore the SCWC doesn't list any dates, altho the Santa Fé mint probably operated continuously during that period.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.34 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón unlisted, Restrepo-M16.6; Cal-611; KM-8 (unlisted date).
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- 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.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
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