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This specimen was lot 623 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]], Mexico City, cob 2 reales, 1688 (L), extremely rare, PCGS VF details / cleaned, finest and only example in PCGS census. Long, narrow flan with some cross but only the top-left part of shield and crown due to off-center strike that enables a very full and bold 688 of the date, nicely toned all over, one of only two examples known to us." This specimen is a silver cob two reales struck at Mexico City 1668-99. They are not rare but very scarce with legible dates. Assayer "L" operated 1681-1704.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 5.90 grams.

''Catalog reference:'' Cayón-unlisted, S-M21; KM-34 (unlisted date); Cal-unl (Type 71).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1,'' 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.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins,'' New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, '' Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1687-Mo L 1/2 real|1687 ½ real]]
* [[Bolivia 1688-P VR 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1689-Mo L 1/2 real|1689 ½ real]]
* [[Mexico 1689-Mo L 8 reales|1689 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1688]]
* return to [[Mexican hammered and cob coinage, 1536-1734]]

[[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 38]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category: Silver minors of Mexico]]

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 * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
 * Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins,'' New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
-* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, '' Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
+* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, ''Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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 * [[Mexico 1687-Mo L 1/2 real|1687 ½ real]]
 * [[Bolivia 1688-P VR 2 reales]]
 * [[Mexico 1689-Mo L 1/2 real|1689 ½ real]]
 * [[Mexico 1689-Mo L 8 reales|1689 8 reales]]

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 This specimen was lot 623 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]], Mexico City, cob 2 reales, 1688 (L), extremely rare, PCGS VF details / cleaned, finest and only example in PCGS census. Long, narrow flan with some cross but only the top-left part of shield and crown due to off-center strike that enables a very full and bold 688 of the date, nicely toned all over, one of only two examples known to us." This specimen is a silver cob two reales struck at Mexico City 1668-99. They are not rare but very scarce with legible dates. Assayer "L" operated 1681-1704.