Mexico 1733-Mo MF 4 reales KM-41
The Latin American mints were ordered to cease production of cobs in the 1720's. Mexico City, being the largest mint, was the first to convert to milled coinage, starting in 1732. Not only were screw presses installed to strike the coins, but screw presses were needed to cut the blanks and edging machines were required to apply the floral edges. While European mints had been producing coins by this process for decades or even centuries, the Mexico City mint struggled with the transition. Cobs were also made in 1732 and "klippe" style four and eight reales were made 1733-34 as the mint attempted to change its methods and keep up with production. Similar milled coinage was not introduced to Lima and Guatemala until the 1750's and Potosi stalled until 1769.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9068, KM 41.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
Link to:
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- Coins and currency dated 1733
- return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822