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[[Image:SB924-73337o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73337]] | [[Image:SB924-73337o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73337]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Sed36-0170o.jpg|300px|thumb|Sedwick Treasure Auction 36, lot 170]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 73337 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob 8 Reales, 1636-P TR. Potosi Mint. Philip IV. PCGS Genuine--Holed, VF Details. A Potosi cob bearing both a clear "TR" assayer's monogram (for Pedro Trevino) as well as a clear 1636 date. This RARE combination is unlisted in Calico and Paoletti was unable to locate an example. This piece offers all relevant design details along with a full Habsburg shield on its chunky compact flan. Holed at about 5 o'clock, but in such a way that it avoided piercing any important elements. Deeply toned and quite striking overall. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." The second specimen was lot 170 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $390. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1636 TR. Full but off-center cross with half of final 6 of date visible, good full shield with weak but certain assayer TR, no corrosion but some flatness, traces of toning. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from ''Concepción'', sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola." Royals are known of this type from the Potosí mint for 1630-48 but all are rare. The regular cob issues are not nearly as nice. The 1649-52 was a period of reform at the Potosí mint; it was found that the previous mintmasters in office 1625-48 had been debasing the cobs, a crime for which one official paid with his life. Assayer T (Pedro Trevino) served 1618-48 and was likely deeply involved in the fraud. This example may be as low as 0.750 fine. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 27.07 grams, 0.931 fine silver (if full fineness), .810 troy oz ASW, | + | ''Specification:'' 27.07 grams, 0.931 fine silver (if full fineness), .810 troy oz ASW, the first specimen 27.33 g, the second specimen 25.80 grams. |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-6317]], KM-19a; Cal Type-327; Paoletti-Unlisted. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-6317]], KM-19a; Cal Type-327; Paoletti-Unlisted. | ||
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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, vol. 1,'' 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, vol. 1,'' 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. |
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. | * 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. | * Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004. | ||
| − | * Paoletti, Emilio, ''8 Reales Cobs of | + | * Paoletti, Emilio, ''8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed.,'' Buenos Aires, 2006. |
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, ''Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
* [[Bolivia 1635-P T 8 reales|1635 8 reales]] | * [[Bolivia 1635-P T 8 reales|1635 8 reales]] | ||
| + | * [[Bolivia 1636-P T real|1636 real]] | ||
* [[Bolivia 1636-P T 8 reales|1636-T 8 reales]] | * [[Bolivia 1636-P T 8 reales|1636-T 8 reales]] | ||
* [[Colombia 1636-NR A 8 reales]] | * [[Colombia 1636-NR A 8 reales]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1636]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1636]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Silver pesos of Latin America]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Silver pesos of Latin America]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 36]] |
Latest revision as of 18:29, 24 August 2025
The first specimen was lot 73337 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 8 Reales, 1636-P TR. Potosi Mint. Philip IV. PCGS Genuine--Holed, VF Details. A Potosi cob bearing both a clear "TR" assayer's monogram (for Pedro Trevino) as well as a clear 1636 date. This RARE combination is unlisted in Calico and Paoletti was unable to locate an example. This piece offers all relevant design details along with a full Habsburg shield on its chunky compact flan. Holed at about 5 o'clock, but in such a way that it avoided piercing any important elements. Deeply toned and quite striking overall. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." The second specimen was lot 170 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[2] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1636 TR. Full but off-center cross with half of final 6 of date visible, good full shield with weak but certain assayer TR, no corrosion but some flatness, traces of toning. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola." Royals are known of this type from the Potosí mint for 1630-48 but all are rare. The regular cob issues are not nearly as nice. The 1649-52 was a period of reform at the Potosí mint; it was found that the previous mintmasters in office 1625-48 had been debasing the cobs, a crime for which one official paid with his life. Assayer T (Pedro Trevino) served 1618-48 and was likely deeply involved in the fraud. This example may be as low as 0.750 fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.931 fine silver (if full fineness), .810 troy oz ASW, the first specimen 27.33 g, the second specimen 25.80 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6317, KM-19a; Cal Type-327; Paoletti-Unlisted.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- 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.
- Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- [2]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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