Mexico 1788-Mo FM 2 escudos
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This specimen was lot 3175 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $3,220. The catalog description[1] noted, "1788 FM 2 escudos. Mexico City mint. AU-58 (NGC). Types as above. A high degree of lustre graces frosty medium gold surfaces, considerable reflectivity on both sides. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This is the final year of issue for the type; the king died in January 1788. This specimen shows an upright mintmark and assayer; inverted mintmark and assayer is also known for the date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 6.76 grams, 23.00 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12564, KM 130.1a, Fr-35.
- 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, 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.
- [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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