Mexico 1789-Mo FM 8 reales KM-107

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1789MoFM 8 reales of Charles IV, one of a type struck in Mexico 1789-90. This type, with the bust of Charles III but the ordinal of Charles IV, is transitional between the two rulers. As such, it commands a premium from type collectors even tho it is no rarer than other dates of the period. The regular issue (KM 106.2a) for 1789 is quite scarce. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13829, KM 107.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.

Links to:

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• 1789 4 reales, Charles IV
• Bolivia 1789 8 reales, Charles III
• Bolivia 1789 8 reales, Charles IV
• Chile 1789 8 reales, Charles III
• Chile 1789 8 reales, Charles IV
• Guatemala 1789-NG M 8 reales
• 1789-Mo FM 8 reales, Charles III
• Peru 1789 8 reales, Charles III
• Peru 1789 8 reales, Charles IV
• Spain 1789-S C 8 reales
• 1789 escudo
• 1789 2 escudos
• 1789 4 escudos
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• 1790 8 reales, Charles IV
• 1790 8 reales, Charles IIII
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