Mexico 1778-Mo FF 8 reales
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Shown is an 1778MoFF 8 reales of Charles III, one of a type struck in Mexico 1773-84. Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1770-78. Assayer FF is known for 1777-84, as well as an overdate 1778/7. The dollar that George Washington allegedly threw over the Potomac could have been of this type. Harris[1] notes that the Mexico City 8 reales is by far the most abundant coin of Charles III. The next most common issue, the two reales from Mexico City, is less than half as common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12055, KM 106.2.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
- Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
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