Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Panama
Panama(?), P countermark on a Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, special "crowned-F" issue for New World use, three-dot columns flanking shield, mintmark S on reverse, very rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).Cal-443 (host).3.02 grams.Very bold and deep countermark (simple P with long foot) in center of shield, with resultant hairline crack to edge, host coin XF with choice full details (including legends) but with dark crusty toning on fields. This special issue with crowned F ("F coronada" in Spanish) between arrows and yoke on reverse was made in Spain per a 1505 decree (hence after Isabel's death in 1504, but with her name in the legend in tribute) and exported to the New World but without any exact location specified.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 21 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020) and to our Auction 24, with original lot-tag #867.
Estimate: 500-750 USD
Panama(?), P countermark on a Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, special "crowned-F" issue for New World use, three-dot columns flanking shield, mintmark S on reverse, very rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).Cal-443 (host).3.02 grams.Very bold and deep countermark (simple P with long foot) in center of shield, with resultant hairline crack to edge, host coin XF with choice full details (including legends) but with dark crusty toning on fields. This special issue with crowned F ("F coronada" in Spanish) between arrows and yoke on reverse was made in Spain per a 1505 decree (hence after Isabel's death in 1504, but with her name in the legend in tribute) and exported to the New World but without any exact location specified.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 21 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020) and to our Auction 24, with original lot-tag #867.
Estimate: 500-750 USD