Mexico 1805-Mo TH real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The upper image shows a normal 1805 real and an 1805/4 overdate; the lower image shows a closeup of the overdate. This overdate is not listed in the SCWC. The normal date is common. Harris^[1] notes Mexico City and Potosi as tied for abundance of Charles IV one reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13488, KM 81.

Source:

• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.

Links to:

• 1804 1 real
• 1805 ½ real
• 1805 ¼ real
• Chile 1805-So FJ real
• 1805 2 reales
• 1805 8 reales
• 1805 escudo
• 1805 2 escudos
• 1805 4 escudos
• 1805 8 escudos
• 1806 1 real
• Coins and currency dated 1805
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822