^Lot 542 MEXICO, Mexico City, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left

MEXICO, Mexico City, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo, plain annulets), motto as PLVS in left-leaning rhomboid panel with double annulets on either side, HIS:PANIE variety, rare, NGC VF 25, ex-Sedwick-Downing, Calicó Plate (both stated on label). Nesmith-24a type/24 for type; S-M4; Cal-63; KM-unl (7 for type). 3.26 grams. An early emission under assayer P, with virtually full legends and interiors, somewhat softly struck. Note the more elaborate quatrefoils in the shield-side legend which became less ornate on later coins. Plate Coin 63 on page 58 of Calicó's Numismática española (2019), pedigreed to the Sedwick-Downing Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna Coinage.
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