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Revision as of 17:06, 3 December 2022

from Stack's Bowers November 2015 sale, lot 42504
Mexico SB1115-42504r.jpg

This specimen was lot 42504 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $176.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1610-F. Philip III (1598-1621). NGC VF-25. A very early example of cob coinage for the denomination. A super looking original example of the issue with just enough tone to set-off the devices with contrast. Tops of date run off the flan. Pedigree: From the David O'Harrow Collection." This specimen is a silver cob half real struck at Mexico City 1598-1621. Specimens with clear dates are unusual. In 1728, cobs were debased from .931 to .917 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 grams, .931 fine silver, .050 troy oz ASW, this specimen 1.6 gms.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4421, Cal-type-163#548; KM-21.

Source:

  • 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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