MOZAMBIQUE. Mozambique - Mexico. 4 Reales, ND (1765). PCGS VF-35 Gold Shield; Countermark: AU Details.KM-not listed; cf.Gomes-Jo.26.01 (for denomination); Vaz-denomination not listed; Azevedo-Pg.29 (this piece cited). Issued by decree of 20 August 1765 under Governor Baltazar Manoel Pereira do Lago. strongEXTREMELY /strongstrongRARE/strong denomination, one of only three confirmed survivors with one unconfirmed. Incuse "MR" monogram applied to the obverse of a 1740-MoMF Mexican 4 Reales (KM-94). Known examples:1) Mexico 1740-MoMF - Ex: Bonhams auction July 16/17, 1996 "The Alexander Patterson Collection" Lot # 574 (present example).2) Mexico 1751-MoMF - Ex: Glendinings Auction October 16, 1989 "The John J. Ford Collection" Lot # 292; with previous Mozambique "M" countermark.3) Peru 1758-LIMA JM - Ex: Glendinings Auction October 16, 1989 "The John J. Ford Collection" Lot # 294.4) Peru 1762-LIMA JM - "Catalogo Das Moedas De Mocambique", pg. 29; Porto 1969 (listed, but unconfirmed)From the Kyle Ponterio Collection.Ex: Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction # 44 February 10, 2008 Lot # 4504.Ex: Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction # 41 May 27, 2007 Lot # 3682.Ex: Ponterio & Associates, Inc. Auction # 115 August 14, 2001 Lot # 779.Ex: Ponterio & Associates, Inc. Auction # 93 March 13/14, 1998 Lot # 2202.Ex: Bonhams Auction July 16/17, 1996 "The Alexander Patterson Collection" Lot # 574.Cited in "Catalogo das Moedas de Mocambique" by Vazco Azevedo published Porto 1969.
