Mexico 1819-Z AG 2 reales

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1916

This specimen was lot 1916 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $386.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO: Fernando VII, 1808-1821, AR 2 reales, Zacatecas, 1819-Z, assayer AG, one-year type with small armored bust, War of Independence Royalist issue, VF, S." Zacatecas also minted two reales with the regular bust of the king 1818-22, which type is much more common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15555 (small bust), KM-A92.

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.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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