Just My 1801 2 Reales Coin

1801 Silver Two Reales from the Mexico City Mint

A nice and original silver coin struck at the Mexico City Mint with Mo mint mark and a assayers initials of F T for Francisco Arance Cobos and Tomas Butron Miranda.
Attractive gray tone with a bit of extra metal (a die chip?) in the U of CAROLUS. There is a slight rim bruise at 9:00 on the reverse, not at all unusual for these bigger coins that saw a lot of circulation.
Just a bit bigger than a modern a U.S. silver quarter, this "two bit" coin was legal tender in the U.S. until 1857.
The 1801 is listed as KM# 91 in the "Krause/Mishler Standard Catalog of World Coins" (1801-1900).

Someday I hope to get one of those nicer examples of the El Cazador shipwreck in the 8 reales denomination.

 

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Nice coin,speaking of that here's mine,got it for $100 on the bay.It has a dark pinta but overall excellent details for being underwater for 100+ years.

 

I have a 1783 4 Reales coin. Try as I may I could not get the coin to download. Thanks for sharing yours I like it.

 

No mintmark? It's right after the X of REX

 

Sorry, too lazy to take it out of the flip. 1798 1 reale.

 

Actually this is a half reale. I have one like it from 1789. The one reales have 1R written there instead.

 

OK ty good to know. Since there wasn't 1/2 or half on there, etc.
I changed the label on the flip.

 

My 1 reale from Mexico 1779 and 1/2 reale from Lima Peru 1805.