Mexico 1793-Mo FM 2 escudos

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Heritage sale 3041, lot 31290
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This specimen was lot 31290 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $540.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles IV gold 2 Escudos 1793 Mo-FM AU Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Mexico City mint, With wear most noticeable among the highest points and faint hairlines that cover the surfaces. A nice example with a softly-struck central reverse motif and plenty of original luster. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This date is the second to use the new punches of Charles IV. The type was struck 1791-1808 and is the most plentiful of all the colonial two escudos.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14183, Fr-45, KM 132, cf. Cal-358 (unlisted w/o overdate).

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.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
  • 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.

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