Mexico 1773-Mo FM escudo

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Eliasberg lot 3166
Mexico 1773Mo 1 escudo rev Eliasberg 3155.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Another specimen, this one of average quality.

The first specimen was lot 3166 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,495. The catalog description[1] noted, "1773 FM/MF 1 escudo. Mexico City mint. AU-58 (NGC). Types as above. Bright lustrous light yellow gold with subtle toning, some scattered contact marks, interesting over-assayer mark and good grade. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."

All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This type, the third showing the bust of Charles III, was struck 1773-88 and is the first type that can be considered reasonably available. This date comes in two varieties; "upright mintmark" (shown here) and "inverted mintmark". The inverted mintmark variety prevailed 1773-1788; the upright mintmark appeared 1772-73 and 1788 only. The overassayer mentioned in the sale catalog description is not recorded in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.901 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 3.37 grams, 18.70 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12259, Fr-36, KM 118.

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.
  • [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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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