Mexico 1819-Mo JJ 8 reales
The first specimen was lot 1112 in Goldberg sale 46 (Beverly Hills, May 2008), where it sold for $1,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico. 8 Reales, 1819 Mo-JJ (Mexico City). Ferdinand VII, 1808-1833. Laureate and draped bust of Ferdinand VII right. Reverse: Crowned Bourbon arms, flanked by bannered pillars. Boldly struck, with lustrous to velvety devices on bright fields. Some trivial handling marks to portrait, otherwise a superb example. NGC graded MS-62." This type was minted in large quantities in Mexico City and branch mints 1811-22.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW; this specimen: 26.99 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-16012, Eliz-160; WR-15; KM 111.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 46: the Millenia Collection, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2008.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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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