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Reales issues of the Culiacán mint (gold)

Half escudo 

KM 378 1857KM 378 1857 reverse
KM-378 ½E 1857 C CE (Stack’s Bowers auction, 3 September 2025, lot 45455)

diameter 15 mm. 1.690 g. 0.8750 gold 

For a commentary on the half escudo, see here.

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1848 CE    
1853 CE    
1854 CE   Restyled eagle
1856 CE   Restyled eagle
1856/5 CE   illustrated below
1857 CE   Restyled eagle
1859 CE   Restyled eagle
1860 CE   Restyled eagle
1862 CE   Restyled eagle
1863 CE   Restyled eagle
1866 CE   Restyled eagle
1867 CE   Restyled eagle

 

KM 378 1856 5KM 378 1856 5 reverse
KM-378 ½E 1856/5 C CE (Stack’s Bowers auction, 31 October 2023, lot 70311)

One escudo

KM 379 1847KM 379 1847 reverse
KM-379 1E 1847 C CE

diameter 18 mm. 3.380 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1846 CE    
1847 CE    
1848 CE    
1849/8 CE   illustrated below
1850 CE    
1851 CE    
1853/1 CE    
1854 CE    
1856 5/4 CE    
1856 CE    
1857/1 CE   illustrated below
1857 CE    
1861 PV    
1862 CE    
1863 CE    
1866 CE    
1870 CE    

 

KM 379 1849 8KM 379 1849 8 reverse
KM-379 1E 1849/8 C CE (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 23 January 2025, lot 39194)

KM 379 1857 1KM 379 1857 1 reverse
KM-379 1E 1857/1 C CE (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 21 January 2026, lot 48000)

Two escudos 

KM 380 2E 1857 C CEKM 380 2E 1857 C CE reverse
KM 380 2E 1857 C CE (Stack’s Bowers ANA auction, 24 August 2021, lot 45327)

diameter 23 mm. 6.770 g. 0.8750 gold

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1846 CE    
1847 CE    
1848 CE    
1852 CE    
1854 CE   circulating counterfeit
1854 CE    
1856/ CE   underdate unreadable
1857 CE    

 

Four escudos

diameter 30 mm. 13.540 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1847 CE    
1848 CE    

 

Eight escudos 

KM 383.2 8E 1865 C CEKM 383.2 8E 1865 C CE reverse

KM 383.2 8E 1865 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction, 16 January 2021, lot 21075)

Diameter 37 mm. 27.070 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1846 CE    
1847 CE    
1848 CE    
1849 CE    
1850 CE    
1851 CE    
1852 CE    
1853/1 CE   illustrated below
1853/2 CE    
1855/4 CE    
1855 CE    
1856 CE    
1857 CE    
1857 CE   No periods after Cs in mintmark and assayer's initials
1858 CE    
1859 CE    
1860 CE    
1860 PV   illustrated below
1861 PV    
1861 CE    
1862 CE    
1863 CE    
1864 CE    
1865 CE    
1866/5 CE    
1866 CE    
1867 CE    
1867 CE/CB   illustrated below
1868 CE    
1869 CE    
1870 CE    

 

KM 383.2 1853 1KM 383.2 1853 1 reverse
KM-383.2 8E 1853/1 C CE (Stack’s Bowers auction, 17 May 2024, lot 34245)

KM 383.2 1860KM 383.2 1860 reverse
KM-383.2 8E 1860 C PV (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 15 January 2022, lot 2307)

KM 383.2 1867 CECBKM 383.2 1867 CECB reverse
KM-383.2 8E 1867 C CE/CB (Stack’s Bowers auction, 3 June 2022, lot 72044)