Mexico (1542-55)-O Mo real

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from Sedwick Treasure Auction 21, lot 690
from the Mountain Groan Collection
this example is Mo-O, not O-Mo

The first specimen was lot 690 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $176.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, 'Late Series,' assayer O/L to left, mintmark oM to right. XF+, richly toned, with full details including legends, bold over-assayer." 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: 3.38 grams, 0.931 fine silver, the first specimen 3.40 grams.

Catalog reference: KM 0009; Nesmith-104b; CT-148; S-M10, Cayón-3019.

Source:

  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #21, featuring Selections from the Richard Stuart Collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2017.
  • 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.

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