Mexico 1788-Mo FM 8 reales

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Sedwick sale 25, lot 1194

The second specimen was lot 1194 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $160.65. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1788FM. AU with light toning over ample luster, light surface hairlines, slightly off-center strike." Shown is an 1788MoFM 8 reales of Charles III, one of a type struck 1785-89. Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1783-1801. The dollar that George Washington allegedly threw over the Potomac could have been of this type. Harris[2] notes that the Mexico City eight 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, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW, the second specimen 26.93 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12129, KM-106.2a; CT-942.

Source:

  • 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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