Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 4 reales

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 3144
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This specimen displays the standard bust of Ferdinand VII used in Mexico 1816-21. The second specimen was lot 3144 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $15,275. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, 1821-Mo JJ. NGC MS-65. Final year of issue in an incredible state. Fully struck with nice definition and detail. Surfaces are very lustrous and covered with handsome cabinet toning with flashing iridescent cobalt blue in the peripheries giving way to dusty rose and apricot hues towards the center and the fields. Only a few light contact marks and no other signs of handling. This is truly a piece which has everything going for it. The finest certified example by three full points. Highly attractive and destined for a collector who appreciates the finest." The four reales is the scarcest of the silver denominations and the "standard bust" of Ferdinand VII is a scarce type for the denomination, even in low grade.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15755, KM-102; Cal-Type 214 #777.

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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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