View source for Zacatecas 1811 real KM-183

[[Image:Mexico Sedwick 25-1985o.jpg|300px|thumb|Sedwick sale 25, lot 1985]]
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This specimen was lot 1985 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $202.30. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Zacatecas, Mexico, 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1811-LVO, NGC VF 25. Difficult to find this choice with only two in the VF range listed in the NGC census (this example may not yet be included), typically crude manufacture but almost full legends and bold central design, darkly toned around edges. NGC #4725131-010." This type was struck 1810-11 along with KM-184 and KM-185. The mounting anarchy unleashed during the [[Mexico|Mexican]] War of Independence forced the royal authorities to open branch mints, such as Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Durango. The Zacatecas mint, opened in 1811, closed in 1905.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 3.38 g, .896 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' Cayon-15242 (flowers instead of lions on the shield), KM-183. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes,'' 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, ''Treasure Auction 25,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo 1/4 real|1811 ¼ real]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 1/2 real|1811 ½ real]]
* [[Oaxaca (1811-14) 1/2 real KM-219]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 1/2 real KM-181]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ real|1811 real]]
* [[Sombrerete 1811 real]]
* [[Mexico 1811-D RM 2 reales|1811-D 2 reales]]
* [[Oaxaca 1811 2 reales]]
* [[Monclova 1811 8 reales]] "MVA" countermark
* [[Nueva Viscaya 1811 8 reales]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 2 reales KM 186|Zacatecas "LVO" 1811 2 reales, date inverted]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 2 reales KM-187|Zacatecas "LVO" 1811 2 reales, date upright]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 2 reales KM-188|Zacatecas 1811 2 reales, imaginary bust]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 4 reales|1811 4 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1811-15) 8 reales KM-265.1]] Morelos c/m on a cast silver 8 reales
* [[Sombrerete 1811 8 reales KM-176]]
* [[Zitacuaro 1811 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 8 reales KM 110|1811 8 reales, imaginary bust]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 8 reales KM 111|1811 8 reales, standard bust]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 8 reales KM 189|Zacatecas "LVO" 8 reales, municipal arms]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 8 reales KM 190|Zacatecas "LVO" 8 reales, royal arms]]
* [[Zacatecas 1811 8 reales KM 191|Zacatecas 8 reales, imaginary bust]]
* [[Mexico 1811/0-Mo HJ escudo|1811 escudo]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 4 escudos|1811 4 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo HJ 8 escudos|1811-HJ 8 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1811-Mo JJ 8 escudos|1811-JJ 8 escudos]]
* [[Zacatecas 1812 real]] bust obverse
* [[Coins and currency dated 1811]]
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]

[[Category:Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 25]]