Mexico 1822-Mo JM 8 reales KM-309

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45323
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45323 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1822-Mo JM. Mexico City Mint. Agustin Iturbide. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. Type IV, with the bust truncation intruding the peripheral legend. A well detailed and presentable example of this highly popular type, with a few scuffs in the fields, now toning a medium gray." This type is the highest priced in the SCWC of the various Iturbide 8 reales dated 1822. Like all Iturbide coinage, it is rare fully struck and in nice condition. It was superseded in 1823 by the republican hook-neck 8 reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-309.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
  • Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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