Mexico 1812-Mo TH 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a series minted 1812-21 in Mexico City during the reign of Ferdinand VII. It uses the "standard bust" of Ferdinand. The mounting anarchy unleashed during the War of Independence forced the royal authorities to open branch mints, such as Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Durango. The date is scarce. Assayers TH, HJ and JJ are recorded for 1812.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15445, KM 93.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.

Links to:

• 1811-M^O HJ 2 reales
• Oaxaca 1812 1/2 real KM-166 royalist
• 1812-M^O ½ real
• Supreme National Congress 1812 silver ½ real
• Sombrerete 1812 1/2 real
• Oaxaca 1812 real
• 1812-M^O real
• Zacatecas 1812 real
• Oaxaca 1812 2 reales, struck in copper
• Oaxaca 1812 2 reales KM-229
• 1812 2 reales, Supreme National Congress, with countermark
• Villagran (1812) 2 reales
• Zacatecas 1812 2 reales
• Chile 1812-So FJ 2 reales
• Guatemala 1812-NG M 2 reales
• Spain 1812-C CI 2 reales
• Spain 1812-C SF 2 reales
• Spain 1812-M IJ 2 reales
• Spain 1812-M GJ 2 reales
• (1812) "JML" c/m on a Zacatecas 2 reales
• 1812-Gsup>A 2 reales
• 1812 4 reales
• Sombrerete 1812 4 reales
• 1812-C^A 8 reales
• 1812-D 8 reales
• 1812-M^O HJ 8 reales
• 1812-M^O JJ 8 reales
• Monclova 1812 8 reales, "MVA" countermark
• Oaxaca 1812 8 reales royalist
• Oaxaca (1812-13) 8 reales KM-265.4 struck in silver with Morelos countermark
• Oaxaca 1812 8 reales KM-235 Morelos SUD
• Sombrerete 1812 8 reales
• Zacatecas 1812 8 reales, "LVO"
• Zacatecas 1812 8 reales, MONEDA PROVISIONAL
• Zacatecas 1812 8 reales, MONEDA PROVISIONAL
• (1812) "LCV" c/m on a Sombrerete 8 reales
• (1812) "VLMP" c/m on a Durango 8 reales
• 1812-M^O escudo
• 1812-G^A 4 escudos
• 1812-M^O 4 escudos
• 1812-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1812
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