Mexico 1727-Mo D 2 reales
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This specimen was lot 246 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £180 (about US$279 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Philip V (1724-1746), cob 2 reales (2), Mexico, 1727, and another with date illegible, assayer D, 6.65 g (Cal. type 212), about fine (2)." Cob two reales were struck at the Mexico mint 1701-46 for Philip V of Spain and became the "two bits" of pirate lore. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.77 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-8781, KM 35, cal. type 175, no. 1027.
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- 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.
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- [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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