Mexico (1546-47)-Mo A 4 reales
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 11048 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, ND (1546 or 1547). Assayer A (M-A), Alonso del Villaseca. NGC MS-62. A very attractive example of the RARE assayer. Well struck with pleasing toning. Nicely centered." The "Carlos and Johanna" coinage of 1536-55 is complicated and difficult to disentangle as records are sparse and the coins are not dated.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.931 fine silver, .399 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-18; Nesmith-58; Cal-type-58#79, Cayón-3099.
- 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, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
Link to: