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Revision as of 10:26, 9 February 2021
This specimen was lot 39337 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1668-G. Charles II (1665-1700). NGC VF Details--Removed From Jewelry. Better date for the type. Evidence of being mounted less obvious than light polishing, and with a clear full four digit date and assayer initial and partial mint mark. Lightly toned. Pedigree: From the David O'Harrow Collection." This specimen is a silver cob eight reales struck at Mexico City 1665-1700. Specimens with clear dates are unusual. In 1728, cobs were debased from .931 to .917 fine silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 grams, .931 fine silver, .810 troy oz ASW, this specimen 26.6 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7536, KM-46; Cal-type-73#269a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.
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