Mexico 1654-Mo P 8 reales

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42497

This specimen was lot 42497 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Cob 8 Reales, 1654-Mo P. Mexico City Mint. Philip IV. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, VF Details." This type was struck 1621-67 in Mexico City and is not rare except in high grade but specimens with legible dates are scarce. Cayón reports a 1654/3 overdate.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver. This specimen is 26.44 g.

Catalog reference: KM-45; Cal-1358, Cayón-6477.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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