Mexico 1691-Mo L 1/2 real - Revision history

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Text replacement - "* 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. " to "* 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. "

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This specimen was lot 557 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]], Mexico City, cob ½ real, 1691 (L), rare. Clear bottom half of 691 of date, nearly full crown, well-centered full cross, VG." This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City. Specimens with clear dates are unusual to the point that many dates are unlisted in the SCWC. Cayón lists this scarce type for 1668-69, 1671, 1673, 1677-78, 1681-85, 1689-90, 1694-95 and 1697 altho this coin is evidence that other dates exist.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.73 grams.

''Catalog reference:'' Cayón-unlisted, S-M21; KM-23 (unlisted date); Cal-unl (Type 35).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* 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, ''Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

''Links to:''
* [[Mexico 1689-Mo L 1/2 real|1689 ½ real]]
* [[Mexico 1693-Mo L 1/2 real|1693 ½ real]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1691]]
* return to [[Mexican hammered and cob coinage, 1536-1734]]

[[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 37]][[Category: Silver minors of Mexico]]

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 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 * 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.
+* 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.

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 This specimen was lot 557 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]], Mexico City, cob ½ real, 1691 (L), rare. Clear bottom half of 691 of date, nearly full crown, well-centered full cross, VG." This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City. Specimens with clear dates are unusual to the point that many dates are unlisted in the SCWC. Cayón lists this scarce type for 1668-69, 1671, 1673, 1677-78, 1681-85, 1689-90, 1694-95 and 1697 altho this coin is evidence that other dates exist.