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Decent full cross and shield despite peripheral flatness, full oMP, typically dark all over but no corrosion, the diamond-shaped punchmark on reverse not completely attributedĬob 1 real, Philip II, assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left (oM-O). Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P, with punchmark as from circulation in Indonesia. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P, with test-chop. XF with flat spots on a crudely uneven flan, somewhat Reales, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," assayer O to right, mintmark oM to Jones collection and to the Coin Galleries auction of November 2000, with Oxidation, minor doubling on shield-side legend. Choice broad flan that extends beyond the outerīorder in places, well-struck XF/AU with dark toning, traces of surface Reales, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," assayer L to left, mintmark M to Peter Jones collection, plated on page 62 of his book The First Coins of theĪmericas (2020), and to the El Mundo de la Moneda auction of 2012, with Good complement to later P coins in any collection. Very light toning, some minor oxidation on pillars side only, this example a Use of K in place of H, double rondules-in-annulets as stops between words,Īnd HISPANIE in the pillars legend. Hallmarks of its early time period are the One of the earliest types of assayer-P coinage, the P-M in the 4 Left, mintmark M to right (oPo-oMo), panel leaning left, HISPANIE, very Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to More-famous machine-made "pillar dollars."
Machine-struck but hand-cut "klippe" type) by the even In 1732-1734 the shield-type cob was finally phased outĪnd eventually replaced (after an experimental,
Nearly every major commerce area in its time (1600s and This Mexican shield-type design was knownĪround the world as a reliable coin, a true universalĬurrency, the "piece of eight" that was referred to in That are technically not known as cobs, and then itĬhanged to the more familiar shield-type design in the Round and very well-executed issues under Charles-Joanna Mint at Mexico City was the first to strike coins for
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