Mexico 1615-Mo F 1/2 real
This specimen was lot 753 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $282. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1615/4F, very rare. Broad flan with choice full monogram (a few old scratches) and oM-F, full and clear date with bold overdate (first specimen we have recorded), good full cross-and-tressure, VF with toned fields." This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City 1598-1621. Specimens with clear dates are unusual, to the point where the SCWC and Cayón do not list this date. In 1728, cobs were debased from .931 to 0.917 fine silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 grams, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.57 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, S-M17; KM-21 (unlisted date).
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- 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]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
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