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[[Image:Mexico SB1019-72454o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72454]]
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This specimen was lot 72454 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $480. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1789-Mo FM. [[Mexico]] City Mint. Charles III. PCGS AU-58. Posthumous issue. Continued for a year of the death of Charles III, this type was struck during the early parts of the reign of Charles IV. Just the slightest degree of light wear is present on the high points, while a good deal of pleasing luster remains beneath the steel gray tone. Only two have been graded finer by PCGS." This subtype was issued 1786-89 after a secret debasement from 0.903 fine to 0.896 fine. This posthumous issue is scarce.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12135]], KM-106.2a. 

''[[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, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 1/2 real KM-69.2a|1789 ½ real, Charles III]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM real KM-79|1789 real, Charles IV]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 2 reales|1789 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 4 reales KM-97.2|1789 4 reales, Charles III]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 4 reales|1789 4 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Bolivia 1789-PTS PR 8 reales KM 55|Bolivia 1789 8 reales, Charles III]]
* [[Bolivia 1789-PTS PR 8 reales KM 64|Bolivia 1789 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Chile 1789-So DA 8 reales KM-31|Chile 1789 8 reales, Charles III]]
* [[Chile 1789-So DA 8 reales KM-39|Chile 1789 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Guatemala 1789-NG M 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 8 reales KM-107|1789 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Peru 1789-L IJ 8 reales KM 78a|Peru 1789 8 reales, Charles III]]
* [[Peru 1789-L IJ 8 reales KM 87|Peru 1789 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Spain 1789-S C 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM escudo|1789 escudo]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 2 escudos|1789 2 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 4 escudos|1789 4 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1789-Mo FM 8 escudos|1789 8 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]

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