Mexico 1728-Mo D 1/2 real
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This specimen was lot 1665 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $119. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1728(D), rare. Bold full date above crown and full mintmark (off-center), nice full cross, oblong flan, silvery AVF." Assayer D is noted for 1726-30. This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City several years before the conversion to milled coinage. Specimens with clear dates are unusual.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.15 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-8204, S-M23a; KM-30.
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- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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