Mexico 1620-Mo D real

Sedwick sale 34, lot 629

This specimen was lot 629 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1620/19 (D/F), retrograde z for 2 in date, rare. Round flan with off-center strike showing very bold full 16z/I (the z in retrograde) with last digit assumed (can only be 1620/19), flat where assayer should appear (known to be D/F for this overdate), richly toned VF with peripheral flatness, old scratches, and hairline edge-cracks. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection of Mexican silver cobs, accompanied by original tag or holder." The SCWC states that this type was struck 1607-21 but lists only 1607-13 as confirmed dates, making this an unlisted date. This denomination is not rare but few have legible dates, making an assembly of all the dates very challenging.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3.32 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón unlisted, S-M18; KM-27.2 (unlisted date); Cal-496.

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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.

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