Mexico 1752-Mo M real
This 1752 is one of a series struck 1747-1760 for Ferdinand VI. It is distinguished from later issues (KM 76.2, 1757-60) of pillar one reals by having similar crowns atop the pillars on the date side. The variety shown is unlisted, as there is no reported 'unbarred H' in the abbreviation HISP for this date. As such the rarity is unknown.
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.
Specification: 3.38 grams, 0.917 fine silver, 0.099 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10299, Gilboy M-1-25 (unlisted variety), KM 76.1.
- [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.
- Yonaka, Brad, A Variety Guide to the Fractional Pillar Coinage of Mexico City, 1732-1771, Long Beach, CA: Agorocu Consulting, 2017.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
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- 1751 1 real
- 1751 2 reales
- 1752 ½ real
- Bolivia 1752-P q real
- Guatemala 1752-G J real
- Peru 1752-L J real
- Spain 1752-M JB real
- 1752 2 reales
- 1752 4 reales
- 1752 8 reales
- 1752 2 escudos
- 1752 8 escudos
- 1753 1 real
- Coins and currency dated 1752
- On the Pillar Coinage of Mexico, 1732-1771
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