Mexico 1803-Mo TH 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 363

This specimen was lot 363 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 110 euro (about US$174 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1803. México. TH. 8 reales. Rayitas. MBC+. (eight reales of 1803, Mexico City mint. Field marks, choice very fine.)"

Assayer FT is recorded for 1801-03 while assayer TH appears in 1803-10. This type is perhaps the most common coin of colonial Mexico and thousands survive today in all grades.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13943, Cal. 700, KM 109.

Sources:

  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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