Mexico 1772-Mo FM 2 reales

from the Acanthite collection

from the Acanthite collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a series minted 1772-73 in Mexico City during the reign of Charles III. Assayer FM is recorded for 1772-78. This two-year series features the mint mark and assayer initials inverted from later issues.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.1964 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11536, KM 88.1.

Source:

• 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.

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