Mexico 1804-Mo TH real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

One reales were struck for Charles IV 1789-1808, when he abdicated in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. This date is common. Assayer TH is listed for 1804-11. Harris^[1] notes Mexico City and Potosi as tied for abundance of Charles IV one reales. This specimen is double struck on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13481, KM 81.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.

Links to:

• 1803 1 real
• 1804 ¼ real
• 1804 ½ real
• Chile 1804-So FJ real
• Colombia 1804-NR JJ real
• Guatemala 1804-NG M real
• 1804 8 reales
• 1804 escudo
• 1804 2 escudos
• 1804 4 escudos
• Mexico 1804-Mo TH 8 escudos
• 1805 1 real
• Coins and currency dated 1804
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