SILVER COBS OF MEXICO, 1536-1733

Early pillars type, Charles-Joanna (1536-1572)

Please see the many specimens I have for sale from three different 1550s wrecks on the Shipwrecks Page!

Shield Type (1572-1733)

050819141001		8 reales, Philip IV, (o)MD (ca. 1630), choice full cross, the flan typically thick and chunky and somewhat concave, full shield and assayer, small edge-split, AVF with no toning.	$225
040807158001		8 reales, Philip IV, oM(P), lightly shaved on edge (22.7 grams), nearly full cross and shield but much flatness (only VG grade), some hairline scratches.
100707036001	December, 2007	8 reales, Charles II, odd shape, from the "Pasay hoard" (Philippines), with photocopy of article about the hoard, a very high grade (at least XF+) and silvery white (untoned) coin on a very long, rhomboid planchet, much flatness but most of shield and cross in evidence as well as -LVS of king's name in legend.	$225
040716021008	June, 2007	8 reales, Philip V or Louis I, (o)MD, very crude strike on a thick and chunky planchet but with clear assayer (scarce period), toned VG.	$135
030810221017		4 reales, 164(?), oMP, odd shape, full oMP, bold 6 of date, most of shield, nearly full cross, rainbow-toned Fine with peripheral flatness.
010804041002	February, 2008	4 reales, (1)67(?), oM(G), clear 7 of date, bold oM (assayer almost visible), nearly full but off-center shield, most of cross, lightly toned Fine but pitted on reverse, scarce type coin (Charles II).	$135
010803061009	February, 2008	4 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible (1715-1730s), nearly full and well-centered shield and cross but very worn (Good), thick planchet.
040807021001		1 real, Philip II, oM to left, O to right, typically round and thin and even, with full and well-detailed cross and shield and crown, much legend, just darkly toned all over, VF grade.	$135
090707026011	December, 2007	1 real, 1706, oMJ, rare with bottom half of 706 of date and full and bold oMJ, most of shield and cross despite truncation from the odd triangular shape, nicely toned VF.	$110
080701081004	August, 2007	½ real, Philip III, F at upper-left, oM at upper right, oD below monogram, very rare double assayer, the mintmark a little weak but both assayers quite clear, nice full cross, nearly full monogram and crown, richly toned AXF, slightly crude edge.	$275