Mexico 1656-Mo P 1/2 real
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This specimen was lot 73048 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 1/2 Real, 1656-Mo P. Mexico City Mint. Philip IV. PCGS VF-20. Struck with a bold last three digits of the date which is highly unusual. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection." This date is not listed in Cayón but is mentioned in the SCWC, which notes 1622, 1650, 1653-62. Dated half real cobs from Mexico are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, .050 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM-22; Cal-565.
- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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