Mexico 1790-Mo FM real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1790MoFM real, one of a type struck this year only. Another transitional type also exists (KM 79) with the ordinal CAROLUS IV instead of the CAROLUS IIII shown here. No one reales were struck in Mexico dated 1791 but the standard bust of Charles IV commenced in 1792. Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1785-1802. The date is common but brings a premium from type collectors.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .903 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13374, KM 80.

Source:

• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.

Links to:

• 1789 real
• Bolivia 1790-PTS PR real
• Guatemala 1790-NG M real
• 1790 2 reales
• 1790 8 reales, Carolus IV
• 1790 8 reales, Carolus IIII
• 1790 4 escudos
• 1790 8 escudos, Carolus IV
• 1790 8 escudos, Carolus IIII
• 1796 real
• Coins and currency dated 1790
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822