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| − | This specimen was lot 74481 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Guatemala|GUATEMALA]]. Cob 1/2 Real, 1739-G J. Guatemala Mint. Philip V. PCGS VG-8. From the Richard August Collection." This type was issued from Guatemala 1733-46 and is not at all common. The pieces are often called cobs but aren't really as they were not struck by the hammer but in a screw press. The mint did not have the equipment to cut round blanks and edge them as Mexico was doing, so this was the best they could do | + | This specimen was lot 74481 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Guatemala|GUATEMALA]]. Cob 1/2 Real, 1739-G J. Guatemala Mint. Philip V. PCGS VG-8. From the Richard August Collection." This type was issued from Guatemala 1733-46 and is not at all common. The pieces are often called cobs but aren't really as they were not struck by the hammer but in a screw press. The mint did not have the equipment to cut round blanks and edge them as Mexico was doing, so this was the best they could do. This example sold for nearly triple the catalog value. |
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* [[Guatemala 1739-G J 8 reales|1739 8 reales]] | * [[Guatemala 1739-G J 8 reales|1739 8 reales]] | ||
| − | * [[Guatemala 1742-G 1/2 real|1742 ½ real]] | + | * [[Guatemala 1742-G J 1/2 real|1742 ½ real]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1739]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1739]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Kirk Menczer sale]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category:Pillar Coinage]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Kirk Menczer sale]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category:Pillar Coinage]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:01, 5 December 2025
This specimen was lot 74481 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. Cob 1/2 Real, 1739-G J. Guatemala Mint. Philip V. PCGS VG-8. From the Richard August Collection." This type was issued from Guatemala 1733-46 and is not at all common. The pieces are often called cobs but aren't really as they were not struck by the hammer but in a screw press. The mint did not have the equipment to cut round blanks and edge them as Mexico was doing, so this was the best they could do. This example sold for nearly triple the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 1.50 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-8279, KM-2; Cal-118.
- 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.
- Jara, Carlos M., Historia de la Casa de Moneda de Guatemala 1731-1776, Santiago, Chile: Andros Impresores, 2010.
- 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.
- Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
- Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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