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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:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 2,000.00 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), panel leaning left, HISPANIARVM, rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). Nesmith-26 for type; Cal-74 type; S-M4; KM-17. 13.54 grams. A well-struck XF/AU example of a later assayer P coin with very light toning and full details. The flower ornaments used as stops between words in the legends are the most beautiful design element used exclusively by this assayer. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 64 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Stacks Bowers Ponterio auction of January 2013, with original lot-tag #1507.