Mexico 1654-Mo P 4 reales
This specimen was lot 226 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £280 (about US$434 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Philip IV (1621-1665), 4 reales, Mexico mint, 1654 P, 4 of date over 3; the coin double-struck and with denomination reading 8, significant striking flaws, about very fine and interesting. Possibly struck firstly - in error - from 8 reales dies and then overstruck. The date is unusually clear and appears almost as ‘16534’. Ex La Maravilla shipwreck and of good fabric." This type was struck 1621-67 in Mexico City and is not rare except in high grade but specimens with legible dates are scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 12.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 38, Cayón-6148, Cal. type 147; cf no. 710.
- 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 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]Eden, Tom, James Morton, David Kirk and Menelaos Danellis, Morton & Eden sale 104, Ancient Coins and the Mexico Collection, London: Morton & Eden, 2019.
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