Mexico 1818-Zs AG 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 571
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 571 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 200 euro (about US$317 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1818. Zacatecas. AG. 8 reales. Variante de busto. Buen ejemplar para esta ceca. Rara así. MBC+. (Eight reales of 1818, Zacatecas mint, variant bust. Nice example for this mint, rare thus, choice very fine.)"

Alarmed by the outbreak of the Mexican war of independence, local officials opened a mint in Zacatecas so that silver ore would not have to be transported over bandit infested mountain trails. This bust type was struck 1813-22 and is rare in nice condition as most were poorly made. By 1818, techniques had improved to the point where reasonably well struck specimens are available.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16006, Cal. 691, KM 111.5.

Sources:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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