Mexico 1681-Mo L 4 reales
This specimen was lot 296 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $3,900. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 4 reales, 1681 (L), neat shape, rare. Long rhomboid shape with very bold 81 of date outside of mintmark oM to left of most of shield, nearly full cross, some thinning from corrosion but less than usual for this wreck, toned in crevices. Pedigreed to the Steve Valentine Collection, with original certificate from the salvor/conservator. Recovered from Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa." The cobs of Charles II are much less common than those of Philip IV and royal strikes a tiny fraction of those.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 10.99 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, S-M21; KM-39 (unlisted date); Cal-unl (Type 91).
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- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
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