This is the Worldwide Numismatics Website!

This is a modest collection of second millennium gold coins of Mexico from the mid 19th to the mid 20th Century

Click the thumbnail picture to see a larger version of the picture, then use your browser BACK button to return to the original page you were viewing.

---

VICEROYALTY OF MEXICO

2 Escudos - 1775 - M^o

KM-118.2 - 6,77 g - 22mm

Edge - Reeded

The obverse has a bust of Charles III encircled by his title CAROL-III-D-G-HISP-ET-IND-R (Charles III By Grace of God King of Spain and the Indies)and the date 1775 below the bust. The reverse has the Spanish arms encircled by the legend IN-UTROQ-FELIX--AUSPICE-DEO. The denomination 2 S flanks the arms. At the bottom left is the Mo mintmark for the Mexico City mint and to the right are the assayers' initials FM (Francisco de la Peña and Manuel de la Peña). The is the variety with the inverted mintmark and assayers' initials.

---

EMPIRE OF MEXICO

8 Escudos - 1823 - M^o

KM-314 - 27,07 g

The obverse has the bust of Agustin Iturbide (b-1783,d-1824) with his imperial title AUGUSTINUS DEI PROVIDENTIA (Augustine God Provides) with the date 1823 below the bust. The reverse has an imperial eagle in shield with the Latin legend CONSTITUT - 8 S - J - M - MEX - I - IMPERATOR surrounding the bust. Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu was a career Spanish soldier who fought against the Mexican revolutionaries until 1816 when he switched sides, taking his forces with him to the independence fighters. Iturbide's backers wanted a European monarch on the Mexican throne. None accepted so Iturbide was persuaded to take the throne. He did so on 21 July 1822 and  he was crowned 'Augustus I, Constitutional Emperor of Mexico.' The state governors and military soon tired on him and they proclaimed Mexico a republic in 1823. He abdicated on 19 March 1823 and agreed to exile in Italy. Contrary to his promise he returned to Mexico in 1824 where he was immediately arrested and executed. Interestingly, his grandson, Augustin de Iturbide y Green, was appointed heir apparent to Emperor Maximilian in 1865.

---

REPUBLIC OF MEXICO

8 Escudos - 1827 - M^o

KM-383.9 - 27,07 g

The obverse has the Liberty hat on a pole over an arm writing in the LEY (Law) book.  At the top is the Spanish legend LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY (Liberty in the Law).  At the bottom is the denomination 8 E, the mintmark M^o (for the Mexico City mint), the date 1827, the assayer's initials JM, and 21Q denoting the gold fineness. The reverse has the national arms and the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic). 

---

8 Escudos - 1851 - GC

KM-383.6 - 27,07 g

The obverse has the Liberty hat on a pole over an arm writing in the LEY (Law) book.  At the top is the Spanish legend LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY (Liberty in the Law).  At the bottom is the denomination 8 E, the mintmark GC (for the Guadeloupe y Calvo mint), the date 1851, the assayer's initials MP, and 21Q denoting the gold fineness. The reverse has the national arms and the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic). 

---

8 Escudos - 1857 - C^a

KM-383.1 - 27,07 g

The obverse has the Liberty hat on a pole over an arm writing in the LEY (Law) book.  At the top is the Spanish legend LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY (Liberty in the Law).  At the bottom is the denomination 8 E, the mintmark C^a (for the Chihuahua mint), the date 1857, the assayer's initials C.E., and 21Q denoting the gold fineness.  The reverse has the national arms and the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic). 

---

If you wish to return to the main page, click here - Main

If you want to return to the home page, please click here - Home