Mexico 1729-Mo R 8 reales

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42503
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This specimen was lot 42503 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 8 Reales, 1729-Mo R. Mexico City Mint. Philip V. NGC VF Details--Environmental Damage. Assayer Nicolas de Roxas (R)." This specimen is a silver cob eight reales struck at Mexico City in the years before the conversion to milled coinage. Specimens with clear dates are unusual. This type is separated from KM 47, struck 1701-28, by its lower fineness; the earlier issues were 0.931 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver. This specimen is 27.02 g.

Catalog reference: KM-47a; Cal-754; Cayón-9318.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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