Mexico 1773-Mo FM 4 escudos
This specimen was lot 3154 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,495. The catalog description[1] noted, "1773 FM 4 escudos. Mexico City mint. EF-40 (NGC). Older standard bust of Carlos III, different hair and armor style, legends around, date below/type as above. Medium gold with peripheral orange toning on both sides, some tiny contact marks in the field before the king's portrait, tiny rim nick atop reverse, reverse still lustrous. A nice example of this challenging denomination. Purchased from Mortimer Hammel."
This specimen shows the upright mintmark and assayer's initials as used 1772-73. The style with the inverted mintmark was issued 1773-88.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 grams, .901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 13.42 grams, 30.90 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12619, KM 142.1, Fr-34.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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