Sombrerete 1812 1/2 real

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from Sedwick Treasure Auction 21, lot 1616

This specimen was lot 1616 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $235. The catalog description[1] noted, "Sombrerete de Vargas, Mexico, 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, (1812). Very crude as usual but with some bold details (not the date), deeply toned VF overall." This is one of many coins issued by various rebel and royalist generals during the Revolution. Officers knew their control over the hordes under their command extended only as far as their ability to pay them. Looted bullion would be transformed into spendable coin as fast as and by any means possible. Sombrerete issues are known for half, one, two, four and eight reales but none are common. We don't know how the auctioneers determined that this specimen is an 1812 and not an 1811 but we'll take their word for it.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW, this specimen 1.51 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15081, CT-1401; KM-172.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [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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