Mexico 1775-Mo FM escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is a 1775MoFM escudo, of a type struck in Mexico 1772-1788. The escudos of Charles III come in three types: KM 116, struck 1760-61, KM 117, struck 1762-71 and KM 118, struck 1772-88. KM 118 is further divided into three subtypes; KM 118.1, with inverted assayers' initials, struck 1772-73 only; KM 118.2 (this type), struck 1773-84; and KM 118.2a, struck 1785-88 with fineness reduced to 875 thousandths.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .901 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12273, KM 118.2.

Source:

• 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, vol. 1, 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.
• 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.

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