Mexico 1840-Mo ML 1/2 escudo

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 23349
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Morton & Eden sale 104, lot 532
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 23349 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Escudo, 1840-MoML. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-63. Lustrous with a touch of vivid orange toning on the high points. The finest graded example of the date at NGC." The second specimen was lot 532 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £140 (about US$217 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted, "Republic, half-escudo, Mexico City mint, 1840 ML, good extremely fine." The Mexico City mint struck half escudos 1825-63 and 1868-69 and is the most common mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .049 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-107; KM-378.5.

Source:

  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [2]Eden, Tom, James Morton, David Kirk and Menelaos Danellis, Morton & Eden sale 104, Ancient Coins and the Mexico Collection, London: Morton & Eden, 2019.

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