Mexico 1794-Mo FM 4 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1794MoFM 4 reales, one of a type struck 1792-1808 in Mexico City. Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1784-1801. The four reales is the scarcest of the colonial denominations for Mexico and when found is usually in low grade.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13730, KM 100.

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:

• 1793 4 reales
• 1794 2 reales
• Bolivia 1794-PTS PR 4 reales
• Chile 1794-So DA 4 reales
• Guatemala 1794-NG M 4 reales
• Peru 1794-L IJ 4 reales
• Spain 1794-M MF 4 reales
• 1794 8 reales
• 1794 2 escudos
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• Coins and currency dated 1794
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822