Mexico 1774-Mo FM 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3016, lot 24699
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24699 in Heritage sale 3016 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $2,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1774-FM, AU55 NGC, mintmark and assayer's initials face inward, an attractive example with strong features and considerable mint luster." This is the first eight escudos of Mexico which is reasonably available. It was struck 1772-89 with mintmark facing outward and inward (shown here).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12855, KM 156.2.

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.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Scott Cordry, Heritage sale 3016, World and Ancient Coins, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
  • 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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