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Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to lef

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Mexico Silver Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna,  Early Series,  assayer P to right, mintmark M to lef
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Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), Bevill Plate. Nesmith- 26 for type; CT-74 type; S-M4. 13.63 grams. Deep rainbow toning, full details (legends and interiors), AU or better but with areas of very light surface pitting as from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), otherwise choice. HISPANIE variety, with unusual stops (cross potents with annulets in corners) between words in legend on both sides, also a die match to the only other example known (Banco de Mexico collection). Pedigreed to the James Bevill collection and plated (Fig. 1.7) on page 15 of his book The Paper Republic (2009).