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| − | This specimen was lot 933 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 2 reales, 1748 q, with 'C. St.' countermark on pillars side. Nice full cross-lions-castles and good full pillars with two dates and assayers, the area to the right of the right pillar smoothed and engraved long ago with "C. St." (which the consignor speculates could be for Confederate States, missing in Brunk in any case), bold and attractively toned VF+ with small edge-crack." The | + | This specimen was lot 933 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 2 reales, 1748 q, with 'C. St.' countermark on pillars side. Nice full cross-lions-castles and good full pillars with two dates and assayers, the area to the right of the right pillar smoothed and engraved long ago with "C. St." (which the consignor speculates could be for Confederate States, missing in Brunk in any case), bold and attractively toned VF+ with small edge-crack." The Potosí mint was the most prolific issuer of silver during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, nearly all of it cobs such as this. This type was struck 1747-60. Assayer "q" is listed for 1744-60. The other Latin American mints placed the date near the edge where it rarely struck up, whereas Potosi issues have the date smack in the middle, ensuring that the date would be legible even if the rest of the design was smeared. As a result, Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, [[Peru 1748-L V 2 reales|Lima]], Guatemala). The Potosí mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[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. | * 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 | + | * 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. |
* Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004. | * Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004. | ||
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | ||
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| − | * [[Bolivia | + | * [[Bolivia 1747-P q 2 reales KM-38|1747 2 reales, Ferdinand VI]] |
| + | * [[Bolivia 1748 1/2 real|1748 ½ real]] | ||
* [[Guatemala 1748-G J 2 reales]] | * [[Guatemala 1748-G J 2 reales]] | ||
* [[Mexico 1748-Mo M 2 reales]] | * [[Mexico 1748-Mo M 2 reales]] | ||
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* [[Bolivia 1748-P q 4 reales|1748 4 reales]] | * [[Bolivia 1748-P q 4 reales|1748 4 reales]] | ||
* [[Bolivia 1748-P Q 8 reales|1748 8 reales]] | * [[Bolivia 1748-P Q 8 reales|1748 8 reales]] | ||
| − | * [[Bolivia | + | * [[Bolivia 1749-P q 2 reales|1749 2 reales]] |
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1748]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1748]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 34]][[Category: Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]] | [[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 34]][[Category: Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 16 November 2025
This specimen was lot 933 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1748 q, with 'C. St.' countermark on pillars side. Nice full cross-lions-castles and good full pillars with two dates and assayers, the area to the right of the right pillar smoothed and engraved long ago with "C. St." (which the consignor speculates could be for Confederate States, missing in Brunk in any case), bold and attractively toned VF+ with small edge-crack." The Potosí mint was the most prolific issuer of silver during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, nearly all of it cobs such as this. This type was struck 1747-60. Assayer "q" is listed for 1744-60. The other Latin American mints placed the date near the edge where it rarely struck up, whereas Potosi issues have the date smack in the middle, ensuring that the date would be legible even if the rest of the design was smeared. As a result, Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, Lima, Guatemala). The Potosí mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 6.73 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10377, S-P50a; KM-38; Cal-314.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
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