Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 8 reales KM 111

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Aureo sale 238, lot 376

This specimen was lot 376 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 1,100 euro (about US$1,744 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1811. México. HJ. 8 reales. Primer año de busto laureado. Ligerísimos golpecitos en canto. Brillo original. Bella. Rara así. EBC+. (eight reales of 1811, Mexico City mint, first year of proper bust. A few minor rim nicks, lustrous, handsome, rare thus, choice extremely fine.)"

The year 1811 saw the transition from the "imaginary bust" to the "standard bust" (shown here) used 1811-21. Both are common. Later years are slightly scarcer as the spread of the war of independence curtailed the flow of bullion to the mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-15840, Cal. 546, KM 111.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [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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