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[[Image:Bolivia Sed26-163.jpg|550px|thumb|Sedwick Treasure auction 26, lot 163]]
 
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This specimen was lot 163 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $1,725.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosi, [[Bolivia]], cob 4 reales, 1620T, Grade 1. Bold full cross and shield (the latter slightly doubled), full P+T, bold 2 (z) of date with clear left side of final digit 0 (not mentioned on certificate), no corrosion, minor edge-crack. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #200387. Recovered from ''Atocha'', sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida." This type was struck 1605-21, throughout the reign of Philip III. Dates were added in 1617; even so, many are so crudely made that the dates are not legible.  
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This specimen was lot 163 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $1,725.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 4 reales, 1620T, Grade 1. Bold full cross and shield (the latter slightly doubled), full P+T, bold 2 (z) of date with clear left side of final digit 0 (not mentioned on certificate), no corrosion, minor edge-crack. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #200387. Recovered from ''Atocha'', sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida." This type was struck 1605-21, throughout the reign of Philip III. Dates were added in 1617; even so, many are so crudely made that the dates are not legible.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.

Revision as of 12:24, 2 November 2024

Sedwick Treasure auction 26, lot 163

This specimen was lot 163 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $1,725.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1620T, Grade 1. Bold full cross and shield (the latter slightly doubled), full P+T, bold 2 (z) of date with clear left side of final digit 0 (not mentioned on certificate), no corrosion, minor edge-crack. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #200387. Recovered from Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida." This type was struck 1605-21, throughout the reign of Philip III. Dates were added in 1617; even so, many are so crudely made that the dates are not legible.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.24 g.

Catalog reference: S-P21; KM-9; CT-248, Cayón-unlisted.

Source:

  • 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, 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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