Mexico 1820-Mo JJ 1/2 escudo

Eliasberg lot 3248

This specimen was lot 3248 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $747.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1820 JJ 1/2 escudo. Mexico City mint. AU-55 (NGC). Types as above. Lustrous medium gold with some highlights on both sides. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." The type was struck 1814-20 and is not particularly rare but the 1820 is a scarce date and the type is hard to find in nice condition. This is the first half escudo struck in Mexico.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .047 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 1.68 grams, 15.00 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16121, KM 112, Fr-57.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1814 ½ escudo
• 1816 ½ escudo
• 1820 ½ real
• 1820-M^O real
• 1820 2 reales
• 1820-Z 2 reales
• 1820-M^O 4 reales
• 1820-Ca 8 reales
• 1820 8 reales
• 1820-D 8 reales
• Peru 1820-L JP 1/2 escudo
• 1820 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1820
• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822