Reales issues of the Guanajuato mint (gold)
Half escudo
Diameter 15 mm. 1.690 g. 0.8750 gold
For a commentary on the half escudo, see here.
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1845 | PM | ||
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1851 | PF | ||
| 1851/41 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1852 | PF | ||
| 1853 | PF | ||
| 1853/3 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1855 | PF | ||
| 1857 | PF | ||
| 1858/7 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1859 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1862/1 | YE | illustrated below | |
| 1863 | YE |
KM-378.4 ½E 1851/41 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers auction, 31 October 2023, lot 70320)
KM-378.4 ½E 1853/3 Go PF/PF (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 23 January 2025, lot 39204)
KM-378.4 ½E 1858/7 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers ANA auction, 21 August 2018, lot 23329)
KM-378.4 ½E 1862/1 Go YE (Stack’s Bowers auction, 25 February 2021, lot 74111)
Counterfeit
counterfeit KM-378.4 ½E 1861 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers ANA auction, 21 August 2018, lot 23332)
Somewhat crudely produced with broad strike doubling visible on the hand and book side and several areas of bluntness along the edges. Sharply struck with full mint lustre.
One escudo
Diameter 18 mm. 3.380 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1845 | PM | ||
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1851 | PF | ||
| 1853 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1862 | YE | ||
| 1862 | YE/PF | illustrated below | |
| 1863 | YE | issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (8 December 1863 - 26 January 1866) |
Two escudos
Diameter 23 mm. 6.770 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1845 | PM | ||
| 1846 | PM | circulating counterfeit | |
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1851 | PF | ||
| 1856 | PF | ||
| 1859 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | circulating counterfeit, dies good, underweight | |
| 1862 | YE |
Four escudos
Diameter 30 mm. 13.540 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1829/8 | MJ | ||
| 1829 | JM | ||
| 1831 | MJ | ||
| 1832 | MJ | ||
| 1832/1 | MJ | illustrated below | |
| 1833 | MJ | ||
| 1834 | PJ | ||
| 1835 | PJ | ||
| 1836 | PJ | ||
| 1837 | PJ | ||
| 1838 | PJ | ||
| 1839 | PJ | ||
| 1840 | PJ | ||
| 1841 | PJ | ||
| 1845 | PM | ||
| 1847 | PM | ||
| 1847/6 | PM | illustrated below | |
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1851 | PF | ||
| 1852 | PF | ||
| 1855 | PF | ||
| 1857 | PF | ||
| 1858/7 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1858 | PF | ||
| 1859 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1862 | YE | ||
| 1863 | YE |
KM-381.4 4E 1832/1 Go MJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 16 January 2021, lot 22280)
KM-381.4 4E 1847/6 Go PM (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 13 January 2024, lot 53155)
KM-381.4 4E 1858/7 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers auction, 26 August 2025, lot 41366)
Eight escudos
KM-383.7 8E 1870 Go FR (Stack’s Bowers auction, 17 January 2025, lot 30116)
Diameter 37 mm. 27.070 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1828 | MJ | ||
| 1829 | MJ | ||
| 1830 | MJ | ||
| 1831 | MJ | ||
| 1832 | MJ | ||
| 1833 | MJ | ||
| 1834 | MJ | ||
| 1835 | PJ | ||
| 1836 | PJ | ||
| 1837 | PJ | ||
| 1838/7 | PJ | illustrated below | |
| 1839/8 | PJ | ||
| 1840 | PJ | ||
| 1841 | PJ | ||
| 1842 | PJ | ||
| 1844/3 | PM | ||
| 1844 | PM | ||
| 1845 | PM | ||
| 1846 | PM | ||
| 1847 | PM | ||
| 1848 | PM | ||
| 1848/7 | PM | illustrated below | |
| 1848 | PF | ||
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1850 | PF | ||
| 1849 | PF | ||
| 1851 | PF | ||
| 1852 | PF | ||
| 1853 | PF | ||
| 1854 | PF | ||
| 1855/4 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1855 | PF | ||
| 1856 | PF | ||
| 1857 | PF | ||
| 1857/5 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1858 | PF | ||
| 1859 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1860/59 | PF | ||
| 1860 | PF | ||
| 1861/0 | PF | illustrated below | |
| 1861 | PF | ||
| 1862/1 | YE | illustrated below | |
| 1862 | YE | ||
| 1863 | YF | ||
| 1863 | PF | issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (8 December 1863 - 26 January 1866) | |
| 1863/53 | PF | decade overdate. illustrated below | |
| 1867 | YF | ||
| 1868 | YF | ||
| 1868/58 | YF | decade overdate. illustrated below | |
| 1870 | FR |
KM-383.7 8E 1830 Go MJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 11 January 2010, lot 1237)
There is a hint of repunching on the 3 which connects the lower loop to the center, and this may have been confused with a 2 in the past, but no trace of the base of the 2 is seen and repunching seems a more likely candidate than an overdate. Struck medal turn
KM-383.7 8E 1838/7 Go PJ (Stack’s Bowers auction, 17 August, 2024, lot 44439)
KM-383.7 8E 1848/7 Go PM (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 16 January 2026, lot 41094)
KM-383.7 8E 1855/4 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers auction, 23 October 2025, lot 73007)
KM-383.7 8E 1857/5 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers Philadelphia ANA auction, 7 August 2012, lot 40273)
KM-383.7 8E 1861/0 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers auction, 28 September 2021, lot 20332)
KM-383.7 8E 1861/50 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 13 January 2024, lot 53147)
KM-383.7 8E 1862/1 Go YE (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 21 January 2020, lot 23234)
KM-383.7 8E 1863/53 Go PF (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 17 January 2024, lot 57573)
KM-383.7 8E 1868/58 Go YF (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 23 February 2022, lot 74607)