Mexico 1831-Ga FS escudo

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72597

This specimen was lot 72597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Escudo, 1831-GaFS. NGC EXTREMELY FINE-45. RARE date." Altho the Guadalajara mint is not rare for one escudos, this date is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-379.2, Fr-101.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
• 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.

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• 1830-M^O escudo
• 1831-M^O 1/16 real
• 1831-M^O ¼ real
• 1831-G^A ½ real
• 1831-G^O ½ real
• 1831-M^O ½ real
• 1831-Z^S real
• 1831-G^O 2 reales
• 1831-Z^S 4 reales
• 1831-C^A 8 reales
• 1831-G^A LP 8 reales
• 1831-G^A FS 8 reales
• 1831-M^O 8 reales
• 1831-P^I 8 reales
• 1831-Z^S OM 8 reales
• 1831-G^A ½ escudo
• 1831-M^O ½ escudo
• 1831-M^O escudo
• 1831-M^O 2 escudos
• 1831-G^O 4 escudos
• 1831-M^O 8 escudos
• 1834-Ga escudo
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