Mexico 1849-GC MP 8 escudos
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This specimen was lot 12388 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $5,288. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1849-GCMP. NGC AU-58. RARE in this grade. Sharply struck." The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1844-52 at the Guadalupe y Calvo mint. That mint struck all the silver and gold denominations used during the republic, from the ¼ real to the 8 escudos. None are common, tho the gold tends to appear more often than the silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .760 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-71; KM-383.6.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
- Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- 1848-GC 8 escudos
- 1849-GO ¼ real
- 1849/8-C ½ real
- 1849-GA ½ real
- 1849-GC ½ real
- 1849-GO ½ real
- 1849-GC real
- 1849-PI real
- 1849-DO 2 reales
- 1849-GC 2 reales
- 1849-GA 4 reales
- 1849-ZS 4 reales
- 1849-C 8 reales
- 1849-CA 8 reales
- 1849-DO CM 8 reales
- 1849-DO JMR 8 reales
- 1849-GA 8 reales
- 1849-GC 8 reales
- 1849-GO 8 reales
- 1849-MO 8 reales
- 1849-PI AM 8 reales
- 1849-PI MC 8 reales
- 1849-PI PS 8 reales
- 1849-ZS 8 reales
- 1849-GO ½ escudo
- 1849-C escudo
- 1849-GA escudo
- 1849-GC escudo
- 1849-GO escudo
- 1849-GO 2 escudos
- 1849-C 8 escudos
- 1849-DO 8 escudos
- 1849-GO 8 escudos
- 1849-MO 8 escudos
- 1850-GC 8 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1849
- On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint
- return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905