Mexico 1738-Mo MF 8 reales

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Ponterio sale 151, lot 9749
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 1738 8 reales rev DSLR.jpg
closeup of the 1738/7 overdate

The first specimen was lot 9749 in Ponterio sale 151 (Baltimore, November 2009). The catalog description[2] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1738-MF. Cleaned and retoned. EXTREMELY FINE." This is one of a series struck 1732-47 during the reign of Philip V (1700-46). The coin is otherwise common.

Mexican numismatists hotly debate which side of the coin constitutes the obverse. Gilboy[1] depicts the shield side as the obverse as that side bears the king's name. However, auction catalogs and dealer listings more frequently use the pillars and globes side as the obverse, as that side bears the date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.917 fine silver, .798 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9405, FC-10a; El-15; Gilboy M-8-10, KM 103.

Source:

  • [1]Gilboy, Frank F., The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772, Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
  • 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • [2]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 151: The 2009 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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