MEXICO:LOT of 64 portrait ½ real coins: Carlos III: KM-69.1: 1772 (3 pcs) and 1773 (1); KM-69.2: 1774 (1), 1776 (1), 1777 (2), 1778 (1), 1779 (1), 1780 (2), 1781 (1), 1782 (1), 1783 (3), and 1784FF (1); KM-69.2a: 1785 (2), 1786 (2), and 1787 (1), Carlos IV: KM-70: 1789 (1); KM-71: 1790 (2); KM-72: 1792 (1), 1795 (1), 1797 (4), 1799 (2), 1800 (1), 1801FT (1), 1802 (1), 1803 (2), 1805 (2), 1806 (3), 1807/6 (1), and 1807 (2); and Fernando VII: KM-73: 1808 (1), 1809 (1), 1810TH (1), 1810HJ (3), 1812 (1), and 1813JJ (1); and KM-74: 1816 (3), 1817 (2), 1819 (2), 1820 (1), and 1821 (1); average circulated grades, a few are holed, in consignor's 2x2 holders, viewing recommended; retail value $950, lot of 64 pieces. One can easily imagine, especially since this consignment is from California, that some of these may have circulated during the Gold Rush of the 1840s-50s in California. The San Francisco Mint didn't start production of silver coins until 1855, so the dominant small change during this time was Spanish Colonial silver. These coins were legal tender in the U.S. until 1857, and circulated in the Western U.S. well after that.
Estimate: USD 250 - 350