Viceroyalty of New Spain
Mexico during Colonial Times

The Capitol City was Mexico City

New Spain covered an immense area in Spanish Colonial times and really didn't correspond to the smaller area which is the country of Mexico. It included 4 Kingdoms with the capitol city of Mexico City. So I will use this territory as the prelude to my country pages on Mexican Coinage.

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New Spain, 1/2 reale, 1752 Ferdinand VI (1746 - 1759) P/L choice uncirculated (Alex Siegel/Mike Dunigan, Houston, 1997)	once again my photographic skills are inadequate for photgraphing small coins	row 1 col 3 text
New Spain, 1 reale, 1751 Ferdinand VI (1746 - 1759) choice uncirculated (Alex Siegel/Mike Dunigan, Houston, 1997)	text
New Spain, 2 reales, 1746 Mo Ferdinand VI (1746 - 1759) (,199x)		During
Ferdinand VI (1746 - 1759), 8 reales, 1758 uncirculated (possibly M. Louis Teller, 1989, Dallas, TX coin show)	Scalloped edge of a typical pillar dollar	Edge to deter clipping or counterfeting after the infamous Potosi scandel of 1652
Ferdinand VI (1746 - 1759), 8 reales, 1759 uncirculated (Alex Siegel, 1998, Houston, TX)		1759 Pillar dollar
New Spain, Charles III, 2 reales, 1781 choice uncirculated but with die flaw on date (Alex Siegel, Houston, c. 1999)	When I was young I acquired 2 of these 2 reales (1789 & 1801), both worn flat. Each one was less than a dollar so I wasn't too unhappy. I thought one day it'd be nice to see what they were supposed to look like when not worn absolutely flat. Thus when I grew up I bought some of 'em in mint state. In the 1990's they were still pretty cheap (but more than $1).	2 bits
New Spain, Charles III, 8 reales, 1779 sold as gem uncirculated Alex Siegel: Houston, TX
New Spain, Charles IV, 1 reale 1800 ms Alex Siegel: Houston, TX	Charles 4th was not the world's fastest King. He got captured along with his wife, & heir to the throne: Ferdinand VII, when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain. He then abdicated in 1808 in favor of his son Ferdinand VII.
New Spain, Ferdinand VII, Armoured Bust One Reale 1809 uncirculated Alex Siegel: Houston, TX		weight= 3.347 g Krause catalog wt= 3.38 g For Xmas I got a new digital weighing scale and will now be weighing all unslabbed coins.
Ferdinand VII, Draped Bust Two Reales 1821 uncirculated Alex Siegel: Houston, TX	In this year (1821) a trusted Royalist Colonel, Augustin Iturbide, issued a plan or proclamation of the "3 Guarantees", promising Independence for Mexico.