Mexico 1783-Mo FM 8 reales

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from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 44172
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This specimen was lot 44172 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $2,520. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1783-Mo FM. Mexico City Mint. Charles III. NGC VG Details--Chopmarked, Graffiti. Assayer 'FM' is EXCEPTIONALLY RARE for this date, and certainly stands among the rarest portrait 8 Reales issues in the entire Mexican series. This example saw extensive use in circulation, with well-worn details and numerous tiny chopmarks indicating time spent overseas. However, both the date and assayer are unmistakably clear, ensuring its place as a highly desirable rarity. Absent from even many of the most advanced collections, this offering gives specialists an exciting opportunity fill a longstanding gap. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." While eight reales of Charles III are not rare, this particular date is very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12092, KM-106.2; Cal-1123.

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.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
  • 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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