Mexico 1611-Mo F 2 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24304

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

the vast majority of cob eight reales, such as this one, lack dates

This specimen was lot 24304 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 2 Reales, 1611-F. Philip III (1598-1621). PCGS Genuine Secure Holder. Full shield, crude strike as usual, light surface corrosion. FINE." This type was struck 1598-1621 in Mexico City and is not rare except in high grade. The vast majority lack dates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6.53 gms.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4635, KM-32.2; Cal-Type 110 #345.

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.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Links to:

• (1599-1607)-Mo F 2 reales
• 1610 ½ real
• 1611 ½ real
• 1611 "royal" real
• Spain 1611-Seg A 2 reales
• 1611 4 reales
• 1611 8 reales
• 1614 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1611
• return to Mexican hammered and cob coinage, 1536-1734