Mexico 1641-Mo P 4 reales

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Sedwick Treasure auction 27, lot 190

This specimen was lot 190 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $773.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1641(?)P. Very bold full 164 of date, full oM, good full cross, off-center shield, toned and corrosion-free but with large edge-split. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola." This specimen is a silver cob four reales struck at Mexico City 1621-65. Specimens with clear dates are unusual, particularly on salvaged specimens. In 1728, cobs were debased from .931 to 0.917 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.10 grams.

Catalog reference: S-M19; KM-38. Cayón-unlisted.

Source:

  • 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, 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.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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