Mexico 1791-Mo FM 2 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type with the bust of Charles IV was struck in Mexico 1791-1808 and is the most available of Mexican colonial two escudos but is still scarce. Assayer FM is recorded for 1784-1801. Most specimens are in poor shape.

Recorded mintage: unknown but the 1791 is given a slight premium.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 6.73 grams, 23.30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14164, KM 132, Fr-45.

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.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Links to:

• 1790 2 escudos
• 1791 8 reales
• Peru 1791-L IJ 2 escudos
• Spain 1791-S C 2 escudos
• 1791 8 escudos
• 1792 2 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1791
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822