Mexico (1542-55)-O M 2 reales

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41132
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41132 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 2 Reales, ND (1542-55)-O M. Mexico City Mint. Charles & Johanna. NGC EF-45. Late Series. Great quality for this later series minor, the present specimen offers a rather deep gray color along with a strong strike for the type. A few edge splits are noted, but entirely consistent for the overall fabric and series. Ex: Isaac Rudman Collection." This undated type is recorded with assayers A, D, G, L, O, R and S, suggesting a substantial and lengthy production.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3079, KM-12.

Source:

  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
  • 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.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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