Durango 1816-D 1/8 real

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42619
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This specimen was lot 42619 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Durango. War of Independence. Real, 1816-D. Durango Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage." This enigmatic copper coin was struck in Durango by the royalists in 1814-18. Its face value is 1/4 tlaco or 1/8 real. Survivors are nearly always in low grade. There are other copper coins of the same period, 1/8 pilon (1/16 real) and 2/4 senal (1/4 real). Attempts by colonial authorities to issue copper coins in Mexico had failed before and this type was no exception. After independence, state and federal authorities issued massive quantities of copper and brass coins, fully justifying the people's distrust of such fiat coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14802, KM-61; Cal-1540.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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