Mexico 1820-Z AG 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a series minted 1818-22 in Zacatecas during the reign of Ferdinand VII. It uses a local version of the "standard bust" of Ferdinand. The mounting anarchy unleashed during the War of Independence forced the royal authorities to open branch mints, of which Zacatecas was one of the more prolific. The date is common but the SCWC prices the type at about a third more than the standard Mexico City issue. Assayer AG is recorded for 1814-20. The Zacatecas mint remained open after independence, striking coins for the Republic of Mexico until 1905.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15568, KM 93.4.

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.
• 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.

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