Spain 1794-M MF 4 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Madrid 1788-97, 1804-08 and in Seville 1803 and 1807. Its specification is the same as Latin American four reales yet, like most metropolitan Spanish coinage of Charles IV, it is much scarcer. The design is also distinctly different.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13729, KM 431.1.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1792-M 4 reales
• Guatemala 1794-NG M 4 reales
• Mexico 1794-Mo FM 4 reales
• Peru 1794-L IJ 4 reales
• 1794-M escudo
• 1794-M 2 escudos
• 1795-M 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1794
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