Mexico 1816-Mo JJ 1/2 real

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22779
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40427
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Shown is an 1816MoJJ half real, one of a type struck 1815-21. The "standard bust" shown of Ferdinand VII superseded the "imaginary bust" used 1808-14. Assayer JJ is recorded for the years 1812-21. The first specimen was lot 22779 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $329. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1816-JJ. NGC MS-64. Sharply struck with attractive toning featuring electric blue in the peripheries. Great eye appeal." The third specimen was lot 40427 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[2] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1816-Mo JJ. Mexico City Mint. Ferdinand VII. PCGS Genuine--Chopmark, Unc Details. Partial unidentifiable chopmark. From the John Kraljevich Collection. Ex: Stack's Bowers Galleries (3/2015) Lot # 2631 (part of)."

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15137, KM-74; Cal-404.

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 and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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