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Recently, I acquired a 1 Real coin which is among the earliest coins made in the New World. Looks like the 1st coin type. The first coins struck in the New World were made at the initial Mexico City Mint which was located in the home of Spanish conquistador of Mexico Hernan Cortes. Smaller denominations were made initially in 1536 and the larger 4 reales and the extremely rare 8 reales coins were made in 1537 and early 1538. This was 44 years after Columbus landed in the New World in 1492. Cortes conquered Mexico in 1519 by defeating Aztec Emperor Moctezuma Xocoyotzin. This was the early precursor of U.S. coinage. As always, let me know your thoughts on the coin.   The First 1 Real Coin Struck in the New World MEXICO, Colonial. Juana y Carlos. Queen & King of Spain, 1506-1516. AR 1 Real (3.22 g). Early series. Mexico City mint; Francisco del Rincón, assayer. Struck 1536-1538. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned Pillars of Hercules; PLVSVL in oval lozenge at center. Calico-60. PCGS VF25. Charles & Johanna Real ND M-R. A lovely rendition from this early, and normally sea salvaged type. From the JBR Collection. 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.comEdited by numismatic student
08/20/2025 08:49 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice coin.  It's in great shape too. It's a nice piece of history to own. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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You are a collector! Impressive!
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A fabulous piece of history. |
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Nice example! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you to all for you kind comments. I was able to garner from research by Cori Sedwick Downing that there are about 50 examples of this coin known. Nice to have a census figure.  https://mexicannumismatics.com/hist...early-seriesI am also fortunate to own one of the 118 Rincon 4 reales examples purchased from her brother Dan. 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.comEdited by numismatic student
08/20/2025 5:49 pm
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