Campo Morado 1915-CM 20 centavos

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73470

This specimen was lot 73470 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guerrero. Campo Morado. 20 Centavos, 1915-CM GRO. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Despite the noted cleaning, this 20 Centavos has nice preserved details and offers an affordable representative of this type." This type, accompanied by copper ten, fifty and five centavos, is common but normally comes wretched. Many varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.48 g, copper, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-655; GB-156.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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