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Panama, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above denomination I to right, no Ara

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Panama, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above denomination I to right, no Ara
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Panama, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above denomination I to right, no Aragon in shield, very rare, NGC XF details / mount removed, ex-Rubies, ex-Sellschopp, ex-Richard Stuart, Plate Coin in The Numismatist (1990), Gaceta Numismatica (1974, 1989), KM, Proctor, and Plowman. S-AP4; KM-2; Cal-236. 3.26 grams. Rounded flan (from mounting) with choice full cross and shield, small parts of legend, full assayer and mintmark and denomination, nicely toned, die variety with large castles on reverse and no Aragon in shield (befitting the temporary nature of this ephemeral mint), one of three known. Pedigreed to the J. Rubies Collection (Monterrey, Mexico), the Sellschopp Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, lot 455), and the Richard Stuart collection, also Plate Coin in multiple references, as follows: Gaceta Numismatica (ANE) articles of March 1974 (page 32) and June 1989 (page 60); The Numismatist (ANA) article of June 1990 (page 918); page 440 of Spain, Portugal and the New World (2002), by Krause-Mishler; 1R.3B on page 127 of The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama (2005), by Jorge Proctor; and 1R.Bo.A on pages 48-49 of Panamanian Numismatics 1501-1903 (2022), by David S. Plowman.
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