Mexico 1720-Mo J real
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This specimen was lot 544 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 1 real, 1720 (J), very rare. Bold 20 of date, most of shield and cross, F/VG with very light toning." This type was struck in Mexico City 1701-32 and is scarce with legible dates altho much more common than one real cobs of Charles II. The silver cobs were debased from 0.931 fine to 0.917 fine in 1728.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3.34 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-8408, S-M22; KM-30; Cal-486.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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