Mexico 1642-Mo P 1/2 real

Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 524

This specimen was lot 524 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1642(P), very rare. Typically crude but with full and fairly clear 42 of date (possibly 2/1 or 2/0), first we have seen or heard of but one of two known according to the consignor, also with bold full mintmark oM, nearly full cross despite peripheral flatness, About Fine with orange sediment on fields." Cayón lists this rare type for 1622, 1635, 1643, 1650, 1653-58, 1661-62, 1667 while the SCWC mentions 1622, 1650, 1653-62.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.75 grams.

Catalog reference: S-M19; KM-22 (unlisted date); Cal-unl, Cayón-unlisted.

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.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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