Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Charles-Joanna, "Late Series"
Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," no assayer (G) to right, mintmark M to left (M-_), extremely rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin), El Arte de la Plateria Plate Coin.Nesmith-unl; Cal-unl; S-M5; KM-unl.3.30 grams.Beautifully struck on an exceptionally broad flan with choice full legends and softer centers (VF+ overall), this assayer-less coin is the style of assayer G who was the only "Late Series" assayer to use floral stops (seen in two places In the pillars-side legend). It is unlisted in Nesmith and the only example we've ever seen. Nesmith theorized that M-G and G-M coinage was minted about 1545 around the time that the Mexico City mint came under scrutiny by officials sent by Spain to show these officials that the mint could produce a good product, which it clearly could by this example.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 86 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Ponterio auction of January 2005, with original lot-tag #438, also Plate Coin on page 428 of El Arte de la Plateria Mexicana 500 Anos (1989).
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," no assayer (G) to right, mintmark M to left (M-_), extremely rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin), El Arte de la Plateria Plate Coin.Nesmith-unl; Cal-unl; S-M5; KM-unl.3.30 grams.Beautifully struck on an exceptionally broad flan with choice full legends and softer centers (VF+ overall), this assayer-less coin is the style of assayer G who was the only "Late Series" assayer to use floral stops (seen in two places In the pillars-side legend). It is unlisted in Nesmith and the only example we've ever seen. Nesmith theorized that M-G and G-M coinage was minted about 1545 around the time that the Mexico City mint came under scrutiny by officials sent by Spain to show these officials that the mint could produce a good product, which it clearly could by this example.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 86 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Ponterio auction of January 2005, with original lot-tag #438, also Plate Coin on page 428 of El Arte de la Plateria Mexicana 500 Anos (1989).
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD