Mexico 1858-Mo FH escudo

Ponterio sale 157, lot 150

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45330

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

The Mexico City mint struck this type 1825-34, 1841-63 and 1869; the SCWC prices this date as common. The first specimen was lot 150 in Ponterio sale 158 (New York, January 2010), here it sold for $325. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Escudo, 1858-MoFH. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." The second specimen was lot 45330 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[2] noted, "MEXICO. Escudo, 1858-Mo "GG". FINE Details. Weight: 2.8 g. Contemporary counterfeit with fictitious assayers' initials. A decently engraved forgery, with some weakness in the centers but bold peripheral detail." The reverse of the counterfeit looks good enough that it may have been struck using a worn out genuine die stolen from the mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 379.5, Fr-97.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 158: The 2011 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine: Bowers and Merena, 2010.
• ^[2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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