Mexico 1797-Mo FM real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is an example of a type struck 1792-1808 in Mexico City. Harris^[1] notes Mexico City and Potosi as tied for abundance of Charles IV one reales but the earlier dates are not so common. No overdates are noted for the year.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13425, KM 81.

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.
• ^[1]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.

Links to:

• 1796 1 real
• Peru 1796-L IJ real
• Chile 1797-So DA real
• Colombia 1797-NR JJ real
• Guatemala 1797-NG M real
• 1797 2 reales
• 1797 4 reales
• 1797 8 reales
• 1797 1 escudo
• 1798 1 real
• Coins and currency dated 1797
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822