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[[Image:Bolivia Sed27-567.jpg|550px|thumb|Sedwick sale 27, lot 567]] | [[Image:Bolivia Sed27-567.jpg|550px|thumb|Sedwick sale 27, lot 567]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 567 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $517.65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 8 reales, 1633(T). Very bold and 100% full date, full king's name and denomination dot-8-dot, full shield and cross, AVF with dark porous area near edge." The | + | This specimen was lot 567 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $517.65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 8 reales, 1633(T). Very bold and 100% full date, full king's name and denomination dot-8-dot, full shield and cross, AVF with dark porous area near edge." The Potosí mint was the second mint in the western hemisphere to date its products. Dating began in 1617. Assayer T is noted for 1627-49, so he was likely involved in the debasement scandal. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 23 May 2025
This specimen was lot 567 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $517.65. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1633(T). Very bold and 100% full date, full king's name and denomination dot-8-dot, full shield and cross, AVF with dark porous area near edge." The Potosí mint was the second mint in the western hemisphere to date its products. Dating began in 1617. Assayer T is noted for 1627-49, so he was likely involved in the debasement scandal.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.931 fine silver, .810 troy oz ASW, this specimen 27.43 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6294, S-P26; KM-19a; Cal-1458.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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