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Some purchases from the Sedwick sale. Produced under Pedro de Espina (1538-1541), second assayer of the Mexico Mint succeeding Francisco del Rincón. Still less than 50 years after Columbus arrives in the New World and 5 years after the establishment of the first Mint in the New World in Mexico City. Recovered from the "Golden Fleece" shipwreck sunk circa 1550 with all Mexican coins predating Rodrigo Gómez de Santillán (Assayer S), who began his appointment in 1553. Reference article: https://www.sedwickcoins.com/articl...osyjuana.pdfMexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), dotted circles, REG/X in legend, PLVS in rhomboid panel, ex-"Golden Fleece Wreck" Research Collection. Nesmith-26 for type; Cal-123; S-M4; KM-17. 13.58 grams. A lovely example of an early assayer-P coin (with HISPANIE in legend) demonstrating the transition in lettering from REG to REX (resulting in REG/X) and unusual stops of cross potents in the pillars legend. Nicely toned around details (XF), with much bold legend on both sides including clear G/X error, choice shield flanked by bold mintmark and assayer, full pillars, practically no corrosion. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 4 (lot 188), with photo-certificate. Recovered from: "Golden Fleece wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the Northern Caribbean.   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
Posted 11/29/2023 3:11 pm
