Mexico 1821-Mo JJ real

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11093

This specimen was lot 11093 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $411. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Mexico City. Real, 1821-MoJJ. Toned with underlying luster. NGC MS-64." This specimen is from a type was struck in Mexico City 1814-21, superseding the imaginary bust of Ferdinand VII used 1809-14. The 1821 is the only really common date. A few Iturbide one reales were struck in 1822 but the republican cap-and-ray type did not commence until 1825. It is possible more 1821's were struck in later years.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .903 silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15349, KM-83.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
• 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.
• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.

Link to:

• 1820-M^O real
• Mexico 1819-Z AG real
• 1821-Z ½ real
• 1821-M^O ½ real
• Bolivia 1821-PTS PJ real
• Guatemala 1821-NG M real
• 1821-Z RG 2 reales
• 1821-G^O JM 2 reales
• 1821-M^O JJ 2 reales
• 1821-Z AZ 2 reales
• 1821-Z RG 2 reales
• La Comandancia Militar c/m 2 reales
• 1821 4 reales
• 1821 8 reales
• 1821-C^A 8 reales
• 1821-D 8 reales
• 1821-G^A 8 reales
• 1821-G^O 8 reales
• 1821-Z^S RG 8 reales
• 1821-Z^S AZ 8 reales
• (1821-22) 8 reales, c/s "LCM" (La Comandancia Militar)
• 1821-M^O 8 escudos
• 1822-Z real
• Coins and currency dated 1821
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822