Mexico 1645-Mo P 8 reales
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This specimen was lot 669 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1646/5 (P), very rare. Broad flan with very bold full 164 of date (last digit messy but fairly certain), bold oM, most of cross and shield despite extensive flatness, Fine overall, toned in crevices." The vast majority of Mexican cobs lack dates, so that examples with legible dates bring four times those without. Assayer "P" served 1634-65.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.37 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6377, S-M19; KM-unl (45 for type); Cal-1338.
- 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.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
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