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| − | The first specimen was lot 240 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $570. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 1 real, 1652E, post-Transitional (McLean Type VII), 1-PH-6 at top. Choice full pillars and cross, two dates and assayers, three mintmarks, virtually no corrosion, toned on fields. With ROBCAR tag and photo-certificate #M20186. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador." The second specimen was lot 646 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $600. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 1 real, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. Choice full interior details (rare for this type) with clear date in legend, parts of edge slightly crude (as made), lightly toned VF+ on a nicely oval flan. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Ponterio auction of March 1996 (lot 1026), Plate Coin on page 162 of Mastalir's ''The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations, 4, 2, 1 and 1/2 Reales'' (2016)." The years 1649-52 were a period of reform at the | + | The first specimen was lot 240 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $570. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Potosí, [[Bolivia]], cob 1 real, 1652E, post-Transitional (McLean Type VII), 1-PH-6 at top. Choice full pillars and cross, two dates and assayers, three mintmarks, virtually no corrosion, toned on fields. With ROBCAR tag and photo-certificate #M20186. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador." The second specimen was lot 646 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $600. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 1 real, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. Choice full interior details (rare for this type) with clear date in legend, parts of edge slightly crude (as made), lightly toned VF+ on a nicely oval flan. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Ponterio auction of March 1996 (lot 1026), Plate Coin on page 162 of Mastalir's ''The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations, 4, 2, 1 and 1/2 Reales'' (2016)." The years 1649-52 were 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 "E" (Antonio de Ergueta) was brought in to clean house and served 1650-79, well into the reign of Charles II. Numerous transitional varieties exist for 1652 (KM A13.1, A13.2, A13.3, A13.4, B13.1, B13.2). The first example is from a type was struck 1652-66. We don't know why this example is overweight. |
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Revision as of 10:32, 23 May 2025
The first specimen was lot 240 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E, post-Transitional (McLean Type VII), 1-PH-6 at top. Choice full pillars and cross, two dates and assayers, three mintmarks, virtually no corrosion, toned on fields. With ROBCAR tag and photo-certificate #M20186. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador." The second specimen was lot 646 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[2] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 1 real, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. Choice full interior details (rare for this type) with clear date in legend, parts of edge slightly crude (as made), lightly toned VF+ on a nicely oval flan. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Ponterio auction of March 1996 (lot 1026), Plate Coin on page 162 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations, 4, 2, 1 and 1/2 Reales (2016)." The years 1649-52 were 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 "E" (Antonio de Ergueta) was brought in to clean house and served 1650-79, well into the reign of Charles II. Numerous transitional varieties exist for 1652 (KM A13.1, A13.2, A13.3, A13.4, B13.1, B13.2). The first example is from a type was struck 1652-66. We don't know why this example is overweight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, the first specimen 3.42 grams, the second specimen 3.27 grams.
Catalog reference: S-P37a; KM-13; Cal-750, Cayón-5781. The second specimen is S-P37; KM-B13.2; Cal-748.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
- [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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