Mexico 1771-Mo FM 8 reales
This is the last of a series struck 1760-71 during the reign of Charles III (1759-88). A rare overdate, 1771/0, is known for the year. The next year, 1772, marks the inauguration of portrait coinage, which would continue through the reigns of Charles III, Charles IV and Ferdinand VII until independence. Gilboy[1] notes the existence of two specimens of the 1772-dated pillar dollar but it seems likely they were struck as souvenirs.
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-11990, Gilboy M-8-52, KM 105.
- 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.
- [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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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