Mexico 1789-Mo FM real KM-79

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22757
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This specimen was lot 22757 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Real, 1789-FM. Charles IV (1788-1808). NGC AU Details--Surface Hairlines. Transitional issue with the legend 'CAROLUS IV' and the bust of Charles III. Exceptional quality for this normally well worn issue. Good strike, lightly cleaned at one time, now with light toning. Lustrous and attractive." Assayer FM is recorded for the years 1785-1802. The date is common but brings a premium from type collectors. One reales were also struck in the name of Charles III in 1789.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.896 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13364, KM-79.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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