Mexico 1811/0-Mo HJ escudo

Eliasberg lot 3224

another specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 3224 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $632.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1811/0 HJ 1 escudo. Mexico City mint. AU-55 (NGC). Types as above. Lustrous medium gold. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This type was struck 1809, 1811 and 1812 only and is much scarcer than the preceding escudo of Charles IV (KM 120) and the succeeding type with the standard bust (KM 122). All known specimens of the 1811 are overdates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 3.34 grams, 18.20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16136, KM 121, Fr-49.

Source:

• 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]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1809 escudo
• Lagos (1811-14) 1/4 real copper
• 1811-M^O ¼ real
• 1811-M^O ½ real
• 1811 Supreme National Congress ½ real
• Oaxaca (1811-14) 1/2 real KM-219 Morelos
• Zacatecas "LVO" 1811 ½ real
• 1811-M^O real
• (1811-14) Chilpanzingo c/m on a cast silver 1 real
• Sombrerete 1811 real
• Zacatecas 1811 "LVO" real
• Zacatecas 1811 real, royal arms/"LVO"
• Zacatecas 1811 real KM-185 bust obverse
• 1811-D 2 reales
• 1811-M^O HJ 2 reales
• (1811-14) Chilpanzingo c/m on a Zacatecas 2 reales
• (1811) "VTIL" c/m on a Zacatecas LVO 2 reales
• Oaxaca 1811 2 reales
• Catorce 1811 8 reales
• Monclova 1811 8 reales "MVA" countermark
• Nueva Viscaya 1811 8 reales
• Zacatecas "LVO" 1811 2 reales, date inverted
• Zacatecas "LVO" 1811 2 reales, date upright
• Zacatecas 1811 2 reales, imaginary bust
• (1811-14) LVS c/m on a cast silver 2 reales
• 1811 4 reales
• (1811-14) Morelos, Chilpanzingo and LVS c/m on a cast silver 4 reales
• (1811-14) Morelos, Chilpanzingo and LVS c/m on a cast silver 8 reales
• (1811-14) Chilpanzingo c/m on a Guanajuato 8 reales
• (1811-14) Morelos and Chilpanzingo c/m on a cast silver 8 reales
• (1811-12) "ENSAIE" countermark on 1811 Zacatecas L.V.O. 8 reales
• (1811-15) Morelos c/m on a cast silver Charles IV 8 reales
• (1811-14) Morelos c/m on a cast silver Supreme National Congress 8 reales
• Sombrerete 1811 8 reales, small "VARGAS"
• Sombrerete 1811 8 reales, large "VARGAS"
• Zitacuaro 1811 8 reales
• 1811-M^O 8 reales, imaginary bust
• 1811-M^O 8 reales, standard bust
• Zacatecas "LVO" 8 reales, municipal arms
• Zacatecas "LVO" 8 reales, royal arms
• Zacatecas 8 reales, imaginary bust
• Chile 1811-So FJ escudo
• Colombia 1811-NR JF escudo
• Colombia 1811-NR JJ escudo
• Peru 1811-L JP escudo
• 1811-M^O 4 escudos
• 1811-M^O HJ 8 escudos
• 1811-M^O JJ 8 escudos
• 1812 escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1811
• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection.
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822