Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincon) to left, motto PL-VSV-L, legends HISPA / NIARVM, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).S-L1; KM-10.1; Cal-495.13.23 grams.Broad-flan Fine with nearly full legends and well-detailed crown, full but doubled shield and pillars-and-waves, the former with clear assayer R (small) to left, spotty toning, hairline edge-split, scarce first coinage of South America.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 127 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the UBS auction of March 2007, with original lot-tag #249.
Estimate: 1500-2250 USD
Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincon) to left, motto PL-VSV-L, legends HISPA / NIARVM, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).S-L1; KM-10.1; Cal-495.13.23 grams.Broad-flan Fine with nearly full legends and well-detailed crown, full but doubled shield and pillars-and-waves, the former with clear assayer R (small) to left, spotty toning, hairline edge-split, scarce first coinage of South America.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 127 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the UBS auction of March 2007, with original lot-tag #249.
Estimate: 1500-2250 USD