Mexico 1815-Mo HJ real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is an example of a type struck 1814-21 at Mexico City. It superseded the bust of Carlos IV. Assayer JJ is listed for 1812-21 and HJ for 1811-15; both are noted for 1815. This is a better date, verging on scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-15294, KM 83.

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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1813-M^O HJ real
• 1813 real
• Chile 1815-So FJ real
• Guatemala 1815-NG M real
• 1815-D 1/8 real
• 1815-M^O 1/8 real
• 1815-M^O ¼ real
• 1815-M^O ½ real
• 1815-G^A ½ real
• (1815-21) real, c/m by Vicente Guerrero
• 1815-G^A 2 reales
• 1815-M^O 2 reales
• (1815-21) 2 reales, c/m by Vicente Guerrero
• 1815-G^A 4 reales
• 1815-C^A 8 reales
• 1815-D 8 reales
• 1815-G^A 8 reales
• 1815-M^O 8 reales
• 1815-Z^S 8 reales
• 1815-M^O ½ escudo
• 1815-M^O escudo
• 1815-M^O 2 escudos
• 1815-M^O 4 escudos
• 1815-M^O 8 escudos
• 1816 real
• Coins and currency dated 1815
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822