Peso de Minas
© Banco de México
Features
| Location |
New Spain
(Mexico)
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Philip III (1598-1621)
|
| Type | Weights › Coin weights |
| Year | 1611 |
| Value | 8 Reales |
| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 28.35 g |
| Diameter | 38 mm |
| Shape | Octagonal (8-sided) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 132897 |
Obverse
Cross
Lettering: 1611 REI Mo
Reverse
Flat
Edge
Plain
Comments
Made on the silver mines. Mold made to take exactly the same silver weight as an 8 Real coin. The word "Peso" used for the Mexican currency since the Republic is exactly derived of this practice, where weight (peso) determined the value of a coin due to its precious metal. So this isn't a "Peso" but a piece of silver with the peso (weight) of an 8 Reales coin.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1611 Mo | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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