Mexico 1807-Mo TH 8 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1807MoTH eight reales, one of a type struck 1791-1808. Assayer TH is recorded for the years 1803-10. The eight reales of Charles IV is the commonest Mexican colonial coin, rivaled only by the following eight reales of Ferdinand VII (1808-21). Mintages are not known but must have been in the millions to account for the number of survivors. This type is available in all grades although nice Uncirculated pieces can be expensive. The catalog mentions a rare overdate, 1807/6; the normal date shown here is common.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13974, KM 109.

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.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.

Links to:

• 1806 8 reales
• 1807 ¼ real
• 1807 ½ real
• 1807 1 real
• 1807 2 reales
• Bolivia 1807-PTS PJ 8 reales
• Chile 1807-So FJ 8 reales
• Guatemala 1807-NG M 8 reales
• Peru 1807-L JP 8 reales
• 1807 1 escudo
• 1807 2 escudos
• 1807 4 escudos
• 1807 8 escudos
• 1808 8 reales Charles IV
• 1808 8 reales Ferdinand VII
• Coins and currency dated 1807
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