Mexico 1616-Mo F 8 reales
This specimen was lot 72281 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 8 Reales, 1616-Mo F. Mexico City Mint. Philip III. PCGS AU-53. A moderately struck Cob with some peripheral weakness. Fields have retained some frosty original luster. The date is weak but final digit obvious. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." The regular cobs were struck for Philip III 1607-21. Assayer F is known for 1610-17. Round "royals" are known from 1607-18 but all are rare, rarer than the equivalent Bolivian royals.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM-44.3; Cal-901, Cayón-4912.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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