Mexico 1801-Mo FT 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a series minted 1792-1808 in Mexico City during the reign of Charles IV. The date is common, the SCWC records an overassayer, FT/M. Assayer FT is recorded for 1801-03; the 1801-Mo FM is quite scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13623, KM 91.

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.

Link to:

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• 1801-FM ½ real
• 1801 1 real
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• Guatemala 1801-NG M 2 reales
• 1801-FM 2 reales
• Peru 1801-L IJ 2 reales
• Spain 1801-M FA 2 reales
• Spain 1801-S CN 2 reales
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