Mexico 1822-Mo JM 8 reales KM-310

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Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70283
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This specimen was lot 70283 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1822-Mo JM. Mexico City Mint. Augustin I Iturbide. NGC AU-53. Type V, with short, uneven truncation. This handsome and nicely preserved example exhibits even wear with light gray tone and richer coloration in the peripheries." This is the last of the Iturbide eight reales, issued before he was overthrown and a republic established. It uses the same reverse as KM 309 of 1822 but the bust is taken from the eight scudos (note the ragged truncaton of the neck).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-310.

Source:

  • Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
  • Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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