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[[Image:Mexico c1546 4 reales obv Ponterio 169-11048.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 169, lot 11048]]
[[Image:Mexico c1546 4 reales rev Ponterio 169-11048.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 11048 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. 4 Reales, ND (1546 or 1547). Assayer A (M-A), Alonso del Villaseca. NGC MS-62. A very attractive example of the RARE assayer. Well struck with pleasing toning. Nicely centered." The "Carlos and Johanna" coinage of 1536-55 is complicated and difficult to disentangle as records are sparse and the coins are not dated.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.53 g, 0.931 fine silver, .399 troy oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-18; Nesmith-58; Cal-type-58#79, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-3099]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico (1542-55)-Mo L 4 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1542-57)-Mo S 4 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1546-47)-Mo A 1/2 real]]
* [[Mexico (1589-98)-Mo F 4 reales|(1589-98)-Mo F 4 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1556-98)-Mo O 4 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1546]]
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]

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