Mexico 1811-Mo HJ real

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Aureo sale 242, lot 265
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 265 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 302 € (about US$469 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1811. México. HJ. 1 real. (Cal. 1165). Busto imaginario. Muy bella. Precioso color. Rara así. S/C-. (Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, half real of 1811, Mexico City mint, imaginary bust. Very handsome, nice toning, scarce thus, about uncirculated)."

Assayers TH and HJ are known for this date, with TH being the rarer. The "imaginary bust" type was struck in Mexico City 1809-14, after which the standard bust of Ferdinand VII was adopted.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .903 silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15234, KM 82.

Source:

  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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