Spain 1796-M MF escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck by the Madrid mint for Spain 1788-1801 and 1807 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 3.38 g, .875 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14051, Fr-298; KM-434.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1794-M escudo
• 1796-M ½ escudo
• 1796-M 2 escudos
• Bolivia 1796-PTS PP escudo
• 1796-M 4 escudos
• 1797-M escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1796
• return to coins of Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)