Mexico 1773-Mo FM real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown here is a 1773MoFM real, one of a type struck at Mexico City 1772-73. Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1772-77. This date earns a premium, not because it is rare, but for the inverted assayer's initials on the reverse, a feature noted for 1772-73 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11328, KM 78.1.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.

Links to:

• 1772 1 real
• 1773 ½ real
• Bolivia 1773-PTS JR real
• Chile 1773-So DA real
• Colombia 1773-NR VJ real
• Guatemala 1773-G P real
• 1773 2 reales
• 1773 8 reales
• 1773 escudo
• 1773 2 escudos
• 1773 4 escudos
• 1773 8 escudos
• 1774 1 real
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