Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real Royal (galano), 1611/10/09F/A, unique, ex-Rudman.S-M17; KM-unl (R27.2 for type); Cal-unl (cf 480).2.87 grams.As mentioned for the previous Royal lots in this auction, Mexican Royals are generally perfectly struck in medallic alignment on broad flans, and the present coin is an even more extreme example, as the flan is stretched so thin (beyond the outer borders on both sides) as to have cracked from the top to about halfway into the center, while still retaining full details and remaining stable, despite the additional stress of a plugged hole outside the right arm of the cross (no doubt located there because of the crack). Otherwise it is a beautiful coin, with lovely toning setting off the XF details, with very bold 1/0 overdate for the final digit and with (faint) 1/0 for the penultimate digit as well, in addition to the faint overassayer F/A, unlisted in references and the only specimen known to us (unless the clean-date 1611F found in Calico refers to this coin), also extremely rare as a type (Philip III) and one of very few Mexican 1R Royals in existence at all.Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman numismatic cabinet.
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real Royal (galano), 1611/10/09F/A, unique, ex-Rudman.S-M17; KM-unl (R27.2 for type); Cal-unl (cf 480).2.87 grams.As mentioned for the previous Royal lots in this auction, Mexican Royals are generally perfectly struck in medallic alignment on broad flans, and the present coin is an even more extreme example, as the flan is stretched so thin (beyond the outer borders on both sides) as to have cracked from the top to about halfway into the center, while still retaining full details and remaining stable, despite the additional stress of a plugged hole outside the right arm of the cross (no doubt located there because of the crack). Otherwise it is a beautiful coin, with lovely toning setting off the XF details, with very bold 1/0 overdate for the final digit and with (faint) 1/0 for the penultimate digit as well, in addition to the faint overassayer F/A, unlisted in references and the only specimen known to us (unless the clean-date 1611F found in Calico refers to this coin), also extremely rare as a type (Philip III) and one of very few Mexican 1R Royals in existence at all.Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman numismatic cabinet.
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD