Mexico 1702-Mo L 1/2 real

Sedwick Treasure auction 26, lot 367

This specimen was lot 367 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $476. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1702(L), rare. Small flan with full and clear date and oM, nearly full crown, most of cross, deeply toned Fine. Auction lot-tag personally signed by John Pullin. The John Pullin Collection of Dated Mexican Cobs." The silver cobs were debased from 0.931 fine to 0.917 fine in 1728. They are not rare but very scarce with legible dates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.61 g.

Catalog reference: S-M21a; KM-24; CT-1702, Cayón-8113.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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