Mexico 1812-Ga MR 2 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24349

This specimen was lot 24349 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. War of Independence. Guadalajara. 2 Reales, 1812-GaMR. NGC GOOD-6. VERY RARE date. Weakly struck at centers as is typical for the issue. Bold full four digit date, king's name and ordinal, mint mark, denomination and assayers letters. Despite the crude manufacture a wholesome problem free example sure to excite the specialist of the War of Independence. Lovely old envelope tone." The Guadalajara mint was opened by the royalists during the War of Independence and struck half, one, two, four and eight reales in silver and four and eight escudos in gold, the only branch mint to do so during the war. Two reales dated 1812, 1814, 1815 and 1821 are known, all scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15438, KM-93.2.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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