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Treasure Auction 29  7-10 May 2021
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Lot 264

Starting price: 800 USD
Price realized: 2200 USD
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Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), left-leaning panel, HISPANIE and REG/X in legend, ex-"Golden Fleece" (ca. 1550), rare, NGC AU details / environmental damage, ex-Bevill (stated on label) Plate Coin.Nesmith-26 for type; Cal-123; S-M4; KM-17.13.63 grams.One of only three known for this exact die-variety and an early type with HISPANIE and REG/X along with the unusual and ornate stops between words in the legends (not found on later HISPANIARVM coins), some corrosion on outer edges not affecting the full legends. From the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), with Sedwick photo-certificate from 2018, and pedigreed to the James Bevill collection (Sedwick Auction 23, lot 689), plated (Fig. 1.7) on page 15 of his book The Paper Republic (2009).
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