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[[Image:Mexico 1821Zs 8 reales Aureo 238-0579g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 238, lot 579]]

This specimen was lot 579 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 340 euro (about US$539 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1821. Zacatecas. RG. 8 reales. La S de la ceca después del ocho. Muy rara. MBC.'' (Eight reales of 1821, Zacatecas mint, "s" of mintmark is after the "8."  Very rare variety, very fine.)"</blockquote> Alarmed by the outbreak of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] war of independence, local officials opened a mint in Zacatecas so that silver ore would not have to be transported over bandit infested mountain trails. Assayers RG (1820-22) and AZ (1821-26) are both recorded for the date. The 1821ZsRG is the most common eight reales of all of colonial Latin America, suggesting that it was struck for several years with a frozen date.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but very common. 

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

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-16054]] (error mintmark), Cal. 698 var, Calbetó 1795, KM 111.5. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
* 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta Colleción Leunda,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
* Elizondo, Carlos A., ''Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World,'' San Antonio, TX: 1968.
* Raymond, Wayte, ''The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
 
''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1820-Zs RG 8 reales|1820-Zs 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Z RG 1/2 real|1821-Z ½ real]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 1/2 real|1821 ½ real]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 2 reales|1821 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Z AZ 2 reales|1821-Z AZ 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Z RG 2 reales|1821-Z RG 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1821) 2 reales KM-193.2|La Comandancia Militar c/m 2 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 4 reales|1821 4 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Ca RP 8 reales|1821-Ca 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-D CG 8 reales|1821-D 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 8 reales|1821 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1821-PTS PJ 8 reales]]
* [[Guatemala 1821-NG M 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Ga FS 8 reales|1821-G<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Go JM 8 reales|1821-G<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Zs AZ 8 reales|1821-Zs AZ 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico (1821-22) 8 reales KM-194.10|(1821-22) 8 reales, c/s "LCM" (La Comandancia Militar)]]
* [[Mexico 1821-Ga FS 8 escudos|1821-Ga 8 escudos]]
* [[Peru 1821-L JP 8 reales]]
* Scotland [[Greenock (1821) 4 shillings 6 pence]] counterstamp
* [[Mexico 1821-Mo JJ 8 escudos|1821 8 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1822-Zs RG 8 reales|1822-Zs 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1821]]
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]

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