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Revision as of 14:26, 23 October 2024
This specimen was lot 51262 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted,
"MEXICO. 1/4 Real, ND (ca. 1792-95). Mexico City Mint. Charles IV. NGC AU-58. Anepigraphic type. A nearly-Mint State example of this enigmatic issue. Bearing simply a castle on one side and a lion on the other, this piece offers delightful crispness and attractive sunset tones that shimmer over the lustrous fields. The complete lack of dates, legends, or mintmarks on this type have resulted in great inconsistency in its cataloging. Typically attributed to Bogota, Colombia, or to Mexico City for use in the Philippines during the reign of Charles III, a new die study by Emilio Ortiz suggests they were made in Mexico City roughly between 1792 and 1795, during the reign of Charles IV. He arrived at this conclusion through comparison with dated 1/4 Reales that bear the Mexico City mintmark, finding related punches for the castle and lion. For more information, see Spanish Colonial and Republican Cuartillos of the New World, appendix D4. From the EMO Collection."
This undated silver cuartilla is often attributed to the Philippines but was almost certainly not made there. Collectors have attempted to attribute this coin to a Latin American mint by matching the punches of the lions and castles with those used on the pesos. Some used a castle similar to the pillar dollar while others, such as is shown here, used a castle similar to the portrait dollar. Chile was the first locale to add a date to the cuartilla, in 1790.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14975 (narrow castle), EMO-613.1 (Plate coin); KM-4 (as Philippines); Cal-142 (as Potosi).
- 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.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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