Mexico 1801-Mo FM 2 reales

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70120

This specimen was lot 70120 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 2 Reales, 1801-Mo FM. Mexico City Mint. Charles IV. PCGS Genuine--Chopmark, VF Details. A bright silvery-white example exhibiting a chopmark in the center of the reverse, as well as evidence of cleaning and other surface issues." Of the two assayers for 1801, FM is scarce, FT is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13624 (incorrectly listed as TH), KM-91; Cal-637.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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