Mexico 1850-Mo GC 8 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a middle date of a series struck 1824-69 at the Mexico City mint. That mint struck all denominations, silver, gold and copper. This date is common, tho many dates are rare. Assayer GC is also known for 1848-54; Long^[1] notes, "The 1850 is a common coin. We know of no BU examples. AU are rare and are seldom offered but XF and lower grades are available at times."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.875 fine gold, .76 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 383.9.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]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.

Link to:

• 1849-G^O 8 escudos
• 1849-M^O 8 escudos
• 1850-M^O 1/8 real
• 1850-G^O ¼ real
• 1850-M^O ¼ real
• 1850-D^O ½ real
• 1850-G^A ½ real
• 1850-G^O ½ real
• 1850-M^O ½ real
• 1850-C CE real
• 1850-G^A real
• 1850-GC real
• 1850-P^I real
• 1850-Z^S real
• 1850-GC 2 reales
• 1850-M^O 2 reales
• 1850-GC 4 reales
• 1850-G^O 4 reales
• 1850-M^O 4 reales
• 1850-P^I 4 reales
• 1850-Z^S 4 reales
• 1850-C 8 reales
• 1850-C^A 8 reales
• 1850-D^O 8 reales
• 1850-GC 8 reales
• 1850-G^O 8 reales
• 1850-M^O 8 reales
• 1850-P^I 8 reales
• 1850-Z^S 8 reales
• 1850-D^O ½ escudo
• 1850-M^O ½ escudo
• 1850-D^O escudo
• 1850-G^A 2 escudos
• 1850-C 8 escudos
• 1850-C^A 8 escudos
• 1850-D^O 8 escudos
• 1850-G^A 8 escudos
• 1850-GC 8 escudos
• 1850-G^O 8 escudos
• 1854-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1850
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