Tucuman (1)752 2 reales
This specimen was lot 1096 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA, Tucumán, "imitation cob" 2 reales, "752" date (ca. 1820), rare. Small-flan VF with dark oxidation and spots of verdigris but bold details, the pillars full but the cross off-center, darkly toned." The chaos following independence (Bolivia was still held by the royalists) disrupted trade and the supply of coin. This type was probably produced by counterfeiters whose product was accepted for lack of anything else. The counterfeiters' job is made easier if the genuine coin is very crude, as Bolivian cobs certainly were. Similar imitation cobs were made in Mendoza and in Central America.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.65 grams.
Catalog reference: Janson-1; KM-1.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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