Mexico 1610-Mo F 4 reales
This specimen was lot 71645 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 4 Reales, 1610-Mo. Mexico City Mint, Assayer F. Philip III. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, VF Details. This charming Mexico City Cob shows a bold mintmark, assayer, and full date on its obverse to the left of the complete Habsburg shield. The reverse is struck somewhat off-center, thus revealing a large portion of the outer legend including the title "REX". The castles and lions are slightly weak but satisfyingly complete. A small spot of corrosion on the reverse rim accounts for the designation, but hardly detracts from this well-detailed and attractively toned piece. From the Pat Johnson Collection." The SCWC mentions this type for 1607-21 and notes 1610-14 with assayer "F". Few of these early cobs have legible dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.60 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-4751, KM-37.2; Cal-755.
- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to: