Reales issues of the Zacatecas 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 |
| 1860 | VL | ||
| 1862/1 | VL | illustrated below | |
| 1862 | VL |
KM-378.6 ½E 1862/1 Zs VL (Stack’s Bowers auction, 3 September 2025, lot 45470)
One escudo
KM-379.6 1E 1862 Zs VL
Diameter 18 mm. 3.380 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1853 | O-M | ||
| 1860/59 | VL | V is inverted A (illustrated below) | |
| 1860 | VL | ||
| 1862 | VL |
KM-379.6 1E 1860/59 Zs VL (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 February 2019, lot 71036)
Inverted "A" in place of "V" for the Assayer's initials.
Two escudos
KM-380.8 2E 1860 Zs VL (Ponterio auction, 15 April 2005, lot 3333)
Diameter 23 mm. 6.770 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1860 | VL | ||
| 1862 | VL | ||
| 1864 | M-O |
Four escudos
KM-381.8 4E 1862 Zs VL (Stack’s Bowers auction, 22 October 2020, lot 72217)
Diameter 30 mm. 13.540 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1860 | VL | ||
| 1862 | VL |
Eight escudos
KM-383.11 8E 1861 Zs VL (Stack’s Bowers auction, 26 August 2025, lot 41364)
Diameter 37 mm. 27.070 g. 0.8750 gold
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1858 | MO | ||
| 1859 | MO | ||
| 1860/59 | VL/MO | ||
| 1860/9 | MO | ||
| 1860 | MO | ||
| 1861/0 | VL | ||
| 1861 | VLVL | ||
| 1862 | VL | ||
| 1863 | MO | ||
| 1863 | MO | ||
| 1864 | MO | issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (6 February 1864 - 29 November 1866) | |
| 1865 | MO | ||
| 1866 | JS | ||
| 1868 | YH | ||
| 1869 | YH | ||
| 1870 | YH | ||
| 1871 | YH |