Mexico 1796-Mo FM real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is an example of a type struck 1792-1808 in Mexico City. Harris^[1] notes Mexico City and Potosi as tied for abundance of Charles IV one reales but the earlier dates are not so common. No overdates are noted for the year.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13417, KM 81.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]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:

• 1790 1 real
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• Chile 1796-So DA real
• Colombia 1796-NR JJ real
• Guatemala 1796-NG M real
• Peru 1796-L IJ real
• Spain 1796-S CN real
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