Mexico 1816-Mo JJ 1/2 escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1814-20, is the only half escudo struck in Mexico in colonial times. The 1814 is by far the most frequently encountered date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .048 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16112, Fr-57, KM 112.

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.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1816-D 8 reales
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