Mexico 1805-Mo TH 4 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Eliasberg specimen

Shown is an 1805MoTH 4 escudos, one of a type struck 1792-1808. This specimen was lot 3208 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $862.50. Assayer TH is recorded for the years 1804-08. The four escudos is the scarcest Mexican colonial gold denomination. Few can afford to collect this type by date so no date brings a premium. This coin was legal tender in the United States, where it would have traded for $7.75.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.875 fine gold, .380 troy oz AGW; this specimen 13.49 g, 30.50 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14419, Fr-44, KM 144.

Source:

• Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.

Links to:

• 1803 4 escudos
• 1805 ¼ real
• 1805 ½ real
• 1805 1 real
• 1805 2 reales
• 1805 8 reales
• 1805 1 escudo
• 1805 2 escudos
• Bolivia 1805-PTS PJ 4 escudos
• Chile 1805-So FJ 4 escudos
• Colombia 1805-NR JJ 4 escudos
• Peru 1805-L JP 4 escudos
• 1805 8 escudos
• 1806 4 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1805
• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection.
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822