Guatemala 1741-G J 8 reales

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 38, lot 993
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This specimen was lot 993 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $930. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA, Guatemala City, cob 8 reales, 1741 J, with Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) above globes, NGC G 6. Very bold and deep countermark (VF) above choice full globes, strong date and mintmark at bottom, full denomination 8 to right of off-center shield, rich old toning, somewhat rectangular flan, the host listed as scarce in JP. Pedigreed to the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs." This type was struck 1733-43 at Guatemala. After repeated petitions, Guatemala was finally granted a mint in 1733. The equipment available was cast-offs from the Mexico City mint. The coins of 1733-53 are cobs struck using pillar dies; Guatemala was the only mint to do this. The minors (half reales, one reales and two reales) are all very scarce despite their low catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 26.8 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9424, KM-101; host: S-G1; Cal-1247; KM-6; JP-8R9.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Jara, Carlos M., Historia de la Casa de Moneda de Guatemala 1731-1776, Santiago, Chile: Andros Impresores, 2010.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
  • Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

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