1700/1800's - Mexican Reales - Weights?

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harrison2 Pillar of the Community Mexico 1304 Posts	Posted 10/28/2009 11:21 am OK, I have read that the weights of the Mexican Peso are quite consistent up until the early 1900's with exactly 24.4g of silver in them at 90% purity...which makes calculating the weight fairly easy. However, I have not found the same information for the Mexican Real of the 1800/1700 period. Is the 8 real = to a 1 peso? Is the silver content and weight of a Real broken down consistently like it is for the peso? (aka, a 20 centavo piece has 20% of the weight of a 1 peso pieces) Report this Post to the Staff

jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 10/28/2009 10:54 pm For the spanish colonial reales here is the breakdown 8 reales 27.07 grms weight, .903 silver, .7859oz actual silver 4 reales 13.54 grms weight, .903 silver, .3931oz actual silver 2 reales 6.77 grms weight, .916 silver, .1993oz actual silver 1732-1760 (Ferd VI) 2 reales 6.77 grms weight, .903 silver, .1965oz actual silver 1760 (Carlos III)-1821 1 real 3.38 grms weight, .903 silver, .0981oz actual silver When you get to the Mexican Republic Resplandores, everything stays the same except the 2 reales are 6.76 grms/ .1962oz actual silver Report this Post to the Staff
harrison2 Pillar of the Community Mexico 1304 Posts	Posted 11/05/2009 10:47 am jfransch - GREAT info...I missed a GREAT buy on 2-2 reales and 2-1 reales from the 1800's....at below melt. Groan....oh well. Report this Post to the Staff
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