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SEDWICK AUCTION 38 SELECTIONSHere are selected shipwreck coins, silver cobs, and world coins in Sedwick & Associates, LLC's upcoming Auction 38. -Garrett 
MEXICO, Mexico City, gold cob 8 escudos, 1715 J, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label), ex-McGregor. S-M30; Cal-2214; KM-57.2; Fr-6. 27.04 grams. Incredibly bold strike, especially the 100% full shield and oMJ, with brilliant luster over light yellow color all over, the cross practically full as well (just a part of the tressure flat), and with clear bottom half of date with odd piece of extra metal between the 17 and the 15, some peripheral beveling (as made) as usual, a very eye-catching piece overall. From the 1715 Fleet, with Philip Flemming photo-certificate from 2015, pedigreed to the McGregor Collection (stated on label).
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MEXICO, Mexico City, gold cob 2 escudos, 1714 J, NGC MS 64 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label), ex-McGregor. S-M30; Cal-1887; KM-53.2; Fr-7b. 6.70 grams. Bold full oMJ and nearly full date outside of choice full shield, choice and well-centered cross-and-tressure, nice round flan with beveled periphery on reverse (as made), lustrous and rich in color. From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick photo-certificate, pedigreed to the McGregor Collection (stated on label).
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PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1709 M, legend ending in HISPANIA, rare, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label), ex-McGregor. S-L28; Cal-2116; KM-38.1; Fr-7. 26.90 grams. Perfectly centered strike with choice full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves plus nearly full legends including complete PHILIPPVS V (the ordinal quite prominent), also choice full crown, muted luster, traces of encrustation in crevices. From the 1715 Fleet (recovered by "Mo" Molinar on the Douglass Beach site in 1988), with Sedwick photo-certificate and Philip Flemming photo-certificate from 2013, pedigreed to the McGregor Collection (stated on label).
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MEXICO, Mexico City, 3 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer Gothic R (Rincón) at bottom between pillars, no waves, three-dots denomination, crown outside beads, rare, NGC F details / plugged, ex-Sedwick-Downing (stated on label). Nesmith-5c; S-M1; Cal-112; KM-15. 9.41 grams. Nicely toned, with bold full shield (slightly doubled at bottom) and parts of legend on that side (including the whole king's name), full but partially weak pillars, denomination, motto and assayer, with repaired hole near edge below left pillar, rather competent for this highly sought type, a unique denomination struck for a very short time only at this mint. Pedigreed to the Sedwick-Downing Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna Coinage.
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MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 4 reales Royal (galano), 1612/1 F, unique. S-M17; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 13.91 grams. This unique discovery piece is effectively the earliest known dated 4 reales Mexican Royal, closely matching the details of its successor dated 1615/4/3 (also one known, from the Pat Johnson Collection), in fact the only other dated Philip III 4R known (the next being 1631) and curiously with no clean-date examples known for any of the under-digit dates. At 40 mm in diameter, the flan is fabulously broad, extending past the outer borders in places, with all legends and interior details full and bold, well centered and evenly struck (no doubling at all), just as perfect a strike as you could ask for. It is also medal-aligned, with a small hole at top (clearly old, with displaced metal and associated cracking at the coin's surface), formerly heavily gilt (XRF tested at 9K) but with surfaces now a lightly toned golden-gray with porosity from the removal of the gilding, no worse than XF for actual wear. Of further interest is the fact that INDIARVN is misspelled with an N instead of M for the last letter, which matches both the aforementioned 1615/4/3 example in 4 reales and a known 1612 8 reales Royal. Since this piece is unique and unrecorded, and its formerly gilt surfaces cannot be properly tested, it exceeds the limitations of third party certification and is not currently certifiable by NGC and PCGS, although several Mexican experts have examined this piece and have no concerns about its authenticity. While unsuitable for slabbing until better understood, this coin's importance to the true numismatic connoisseur is nonetheless paramount in the meantime.
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PERU, Lima, cob 2 reales Royal (galano), 1720 M, ex-Christensen. S-L20; KM-unl (R32 for type); Cal-700. 6.53 grams. Richly old-toned AXF on a broad flan (not perfectly round) with hole at edge past right end of off-center full cross, good full pillars-and-waves (well centered, the date slightly doubled), one of only two known to us. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and to the Christensen auction of January 1974 (lot 1238), the SpinkAmerica auction of December 1995 (lot 2302), and Sedwick Auction 19 (lot 741).
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HONG KONG (British Colony), struck in London, bronze 1 mil, 1864, very rare, PCGS MS63 BN. Prid-194; Mars-C1; KM-1. A very rare date of this small, center-holed bronze issue, with only a few major auction appearances in the last decade. Struck at the London Mint during the early years of Hong Kong's coinage, this type saw very limited production, its modest mintage swiftly supplanted by later issues. As a result, few 1864-dated survivors exist today. This specimen, never before offered at auction, shows reddish-tan mint luster on chocolate-brown surfaces, with choice details and great eye appeal. It is tied with only three others for finest with the Brown designation at PCGS (with one other at same top grade at NGC). An important opportunity for advanced collectors of the Hong Kong series, this date missing from most specialized cabinets, seldom encountered and highly desirable in Mint State.
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JAPAN, gold 20 yen, Emperor Taisho (1912-1926), 1917, PCGS MS 67. KM-Y40.2; JNDA-01-6. Superb Gem Mint State with blazing cartwheel luster and sharp details, essentially flawless surfaces and outstanding eye appeal. The Taisho 20 yen was struck only in small numbers from 1912 to 1920, most later melted in a 1930s recall that left very few survivors. Rare this nice and a true condition rarity for Japanese gold.
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MEXICO, Mexico City, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1732 F, three mouldings atop right pillar, very rare, NGC AU 58, ex-Ortiz (color plate). Yonaka-M8.32a; Cal-2269; KM-103. An especially attractive example of this historic issue, the first dated 8 reales struck at Mexico City in the new pillar design, a type that became the model for Spanish colonial coinage worldwide, this one boldly struck with full globes, sharp crown and pillars, and complete legends, the shield side particularly well detailed with crisp castles and lions, highlighted by superb multicolored toning over strong underlying luster that gives the coin exceptional visual appeal, in fact better in appearance than many Mint State specimens of the type. Yonaka and Gilboy record only two die varieties for this date, this being the scarcer with an extra moulding below the acanthus above the right pillar. This coin also has a distinguished pedigree to one of the most important auctions of Spanish colonial coins by type, the Emilio M. Ortiz Collection sold by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1991. According to the NGC and PCGS census, this piece ranks among the top five by grade for the date; while not the highest numerically, its superb eye appeal places it among the finest known examples, arguably the finest 1732 pillar dollar known outside of Mint State grade. Overall an outstanding combination of rarity, beauty, grade, and pedigree. Pedigreed to the Emilio M. Ortiz Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1991, lot 156, plated in color on page II of the catalog).
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COSTA RICA, San José, Banco Nacional, 2 colones, 22-6-1938 overprint on a Banco Internacional 2 colones, serial 621541, series C, PMG Choice UNC 64. Pick-195b. Popular and rare Costa Rican type note with bold black overprint on a colorful earlier Banco Internacional note, variety with El Vicepresidente stamped at left. Bright ink coloration, nice centering and strong embossing is readily apparent, some light toning seen around the edges, overall a choice example of this desirable type.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santiago, República Dominicana, 100 pesos, 6-4-1865, series H, serial 16947, very rare, PMG VF 30. Rudman-101; Pick-unlisted. This lot and the following seven represent several extraordinarily rare early Dominican Republic notes. These notes are appearing on the market for their first time ever, making this an incredible opportunity for any serious Dominican Republic or Latin American collector. Fairly bold printing on nice original paper with sharp edges, clear penned signatures and serial number, some light staining due to the orange ink seal at center plus a few small pinholes to note, otherwise quite eye-appealing for the grade.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, República Dominicana, 60 pesos, 20-4-1857, serial 04415, very rare, PMG VF 30. Rudman-44; Pick-unl. Strong black ink design with the arms of the Dominican Republic at center plus two stamped seals (one red, the other black), very choice paper quality with only some light staining around one of the seals plus a small tear in the right margin as noted on label, nice penned signatures and serial with 5000 annotated on the back. The 1857 series of notes is completely missing from the Pick catalog and this unusual 60-pesos denomination is sure to top the charts in rarity for the type.
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