Mexico 1809-Mo HJ 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 370

This specimen was lot 370 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 126 euro (about US$200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1809. México. HJ. 8 reales. Busto imaginario. Pequeñas zonas de plata agria. Brillo original. Escasa así. EBC/EBC-. (eight reales of 1809, Mexico City mint, imaginary bust. Some rough areas, lustrous, scarce thus, extremely fine.)"

Assayer TH appears in 1803-10 and HJ for 1809-14. This type is common altho HJ is slightly scarcer than TH.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-15805, Cal. 540, KM 110.

Sources:

  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 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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