Mexico (1542-55) LM real
The first coin was lot 9119 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $402.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Carlos and Johanna, Late Series. 1 Real Assayer L (L-M), ND (154?-1552 or 1553). Deep sharp strike, nice legends, lustrous surfaces. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE-ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." The second specimen was lot 2282 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,760. The catalog description[2] noted, "MEXICO. Cob Real, ND (1542-55)-L M. Mexico City Mint. Carlos & Johanna. NGC MS-63. A beautifully preserved example of the type with boldly struck central devices exhibiting lovely rich old envelope patina with a slight iridescent sheen that pops out when rotated in the light. Vastly superior than normally encountered and as such should be considered VERY RARE in this state of preservation. From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation." The "Carlos and Johanna" coinage of 1536-55 is complicated and difficult to disentangle as records are sparse and the coins are not dated. Ponterio[1] gives details of the latest research. The early series of 1536-41 is rare in all denominations.
Recorded mintage: Unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, .100 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 9; Nesmith-80; Cal-type-103#143a, Cayón-3046; the second specimen Nesmith-80a; Cal-73.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- (1536-38) real
- c.1542 ½ real
- c.1542-M G ¼ real
- c.1542 ½ real
- (1542-57)-oMo G ½ real
- c.1542-Mo O ½ real
- c.1542-M G real
- c.1542-O Mo real
- Mexico (1542-55)-Mo O 4 reales
- (1542-55)-L M 4 reales
- c.1542-M L 2 reales
- c.1536 3 reales
- c.1541 4 reales
- (1542-44)-M 2 maravedis
- c.1542 4 maravedis
- c.1538 4 reales
- return to Mexican hammered and cob coinage, 1536-1734