Mexico 1609-Mo A 4 reales
This specimen was lot 34135 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted,
"MEXICO. Cob 4 Reales, 1609-Mo A. Mexico City Mint, Assayer A. Philip III. PCGS VF-35. This handsome survivor offers a pleasing appearance on a fairly round planchet displaying lovely old cabinet patina. The reverse exhibits a complete cross and octolobe with bold nearly complete castles and lions. The obverse, though slightly weak in the centers, offers three bold digits of the date with a full shield, mint mark, Assayer's letter and a partial crown. This handsome example is quite nice for the type with much to offer collectors and is pleasing to the eye. From the Pat Johnson Collection."
The SCWC mentions this type for 1607-21 and notes 1608-09 with assayer "A". Few of these early cobs have legible dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.56 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4742, KM-37.2; Cal-753.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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