Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Spain (Special Issue for Use in the New World)
Seville, Spain (special issue struck for New World use), 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S to left, ermine to right, arrows to right of crowned F, very rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).Cal-unl (Type 73); Lopez de la Fuente-unl.2.48 grams.Broad flan with full and well-detailed legends and crown and all inner data, deeply toned AU with minor surface oxidation and a few light scuffs, struck following a 1505 decree (after Isabel's death, but with her name in tribute) with crowned F ("F coronada") for Ferdinand on reverse to denote the special issue to be imported to the Americas, this specific variety unlisted in all Spanish references and therefore presumably quite rare. Note: These special issues are documented as having been struck "bound for the Island Hispaniola" (present-day Dominican Republic), which is why many references today attribute these coins to Santo Domingo.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 20 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to our Auction 24, with original lot-tag #887.
Estimate: 1250-2000 USD
Seville, Spain (special issue struck for New World use), 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S to left, ermine to right, arrows to right of crowned F, very rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).Cal-unl (Type 73); Lopez de la Fuente-unl.2.48 grams.Broad flan with full and well-detailed legends and crown and all inner data, deeply toned AU with minor surface oxidation and a few light scuffs, struck following a 1505 decree (after Isabel's death, but with her name in tribute) with crowned F ("F coronada") for Ferdinand on reverse to denote the special issue to be imported to the Americas, this specific variety unlisted in all Spanish references and therefore presumably quite rare. Note: These special issues are documented as having been struck "bound for the Island Hispaniola" (present-day Dominican Republic), which is why many references today attribute these coins to Santo Domingo.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 20 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to our Auction 24, with original lot-tag #887.
Estimate: 1250-2000 USD