Mexico 1798-Mo FM 8 reales

Aureo sale 238, lot 356

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 356 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 76 euro (about US$121 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1798. México. FM. 8 reales. Parte de brillo original. MBC+/EBC-. (eight reales of 1798, Mexico City mint. Some luster, choice very fine.)"

Assayer FM is recorded for 1784-1801. This type is perhaps the most common coin of colonial Mexico and thousands survive today in all grades.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, .903 fine silver, .785 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13905, Cal. 692, KM 109.

Sources:

• ^[2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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