MEXICO:LOT of 66 portrait colonial coins: 1 real: KM-78.1: 1772 (2 pcs) and 1773 (3); KM-78.2: 1774 (1). 1775 (1), 1778 (1), 1781 (1), and 1782 (2); KM-78.2a: 1786 (1) and 1787FM (1); KM-81: 1796 (1), 1797 (1), 1798 (1), 1799 (1), 1801FM (3), 1801FT (1), 1802FT (1), 1804 (1), 1807 (1), and 1808 (2); KM-82: 1809 (1) and 1813 (1); and KM-83: 1820 (1); 2 reales: KM-88.1 1772 (1); KM-88.2: 1775 (2), 1777 (1), 1778 (2), 1781 (1), 1782 (2), 1783 (1), and 1784FF (2), KM-88.2a: 1786FM (3), 1787 (1), 1788 (1), and 1789 (2); KM-90: 1790 (1); KM-91: 1796 (1), 1799 (3), 1802 (1), 1804 (1), 1805 (1), 1807 (1), and 1808 (1); and KM-93: 1816 (1) and 1821 (1); 4 reales: KM-98: 1790 (1); KM-100: 1792 (1) and 1806 (1); and 8 reales: KM-106.2: 1777FM (1); KM-109: 1796 (1) and 1799 (1); average circulated grades, a few are holed, in consignor's 2x2 holders, viewing recommended; retail value $1000, lot of 66 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