Mexico 1796-Mo FM 4 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

formerly in the 31 Flavors Collection

Shown is an 1796MoFM 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 and when found is usually in low grade.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13744, KM 100.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.

Links to:

• 1795 4 reales
• Bolivia 1796-PTS PP 4 reales
• Chile 1796-So DA 4 reales
• Guatemala 1796-NG M 4 reales
• Peru 1796-L IJ 4 reales
• Spain 1796-M MF 4 reales
• 1796 8 reales
• 1796 2 escudos
• 1796 4 escudos
• 1796 8 escudos
• 1797 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1796
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822