Mexico 1608-Mo F real
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This specimen was lot 739 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1608F, rare. Clear bottom 2/3 of date, full mintmark, good full shield and crown and cross, non-toned AXF." This type was struck 1598-1621 in Mexico City and is priced much lower than the eight reales cobs tho likely much scarcer. The vast majority lack dates, which were first applied in 1607.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, .101 troy oz ASW, this specimen 3.36 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4496, S-M15; KM-27.2; CT-449.
- [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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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