Mexico 1798-Mo FM 4 reales

Sedwick sale 11, lot 1303

from the Mountain Groan Collection

close up of the date

The first specimen shown was lot 1303 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $408.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 reales, Charles IV, 1798/7FM. Deeply toned AXF with slightly off-center reverse, faint overdate (scarce), no problems." 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.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW, this specimen 13.3 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13755 (overdate not listed), KM-100; CT-unlisted.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2012.

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