Mexico 1723-Mo J 1/2 real

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from the Sedwick Treasure Auction 21, lot 768

This specimen was lot 768 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $587.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real Royal, 1723J, rare. Lightly toned VF with areas of dark encrustation, repaired hole at top (aligned axis)." This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City 1701-28. Specimens with clear dates are unusual. The SCWC does not list this date as a royal. In 1728, cobs were debased from .931 to 0.917 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 grams, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.50 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-8185, S-M22; KM-R24; CT-1811.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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 F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #21, featuring Selections from the Richard Stuart Collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2017

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