Cuencame 1914 peso KM-621
The first specimen was lot 11436 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,495. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Revolution Durango-Cuencame. Peso, 1914. 'Muera Huerta'. Toned. With Mr. Wood's hand-lettered cardboard holder. EXTREMELY FINE. Ex: Howland Wood Collection." The famous "Muera Huerta" (Death to the dictator Huerta) was issued in numerous varieties while the Villistas occupied Durango state. This type is scarce but much more available than the variety with stars (KM 620). The second specimen was lot 73143 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $57,600. The catalog description[2] noted, "Stunning "Muera Huerta" Peso in Copper; MEXICO. Durango. Cuencame. "Muera Huerta" Copper Peso, 1914. NGC MS-63 Brown. An EXCEEDINGLY RARE "Muera Huerta" Peso in Copper, far outstripping the silver issue in desirability. We can find only one other example of the fabled type in copper trading, in our (Ponterio & Associates) 2008 C.I.C.F. sale. The surfaces are lightly milk chocolate colored, with full designs elements and several notable die cracks and a cud on the reverse. A piece that offers the chance at acquiring an always popular type in an even more elusive composition, and a piece that would doubtlessly serve as a capstone example to any collection of Mexican Revolutionary coinage."
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: silver, 38 mm diameter. The second specimen was struck in copper.
Catalog reference: KM-621; GB-86. The second specimen is KM-621a; GB-89.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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