Mexico 1815-Ga MR 1/2 real

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11121

This specimen was lot 11121 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $499. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. War of Independence Guadalajara. 1/2 Real, 1815-MR. Very scarce. VERY GOOD." The Guadalajara mint was opened by the royalists during the War of Independence and struck half, one, two, four and eight reales in silver and four and eight escudos in gold, the only branch mint to do so during the war. Half reales dated 1812, 1814 and 1815 are known, all scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 1.69 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15121, KM-74.2 (plate coin).

Sources:

• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1814-Ga ½ real
• 1815-D 1/8 real
• 1815-M^O 1/8 real
• 1815-M^O ¼ real
• Chile 1815 ½ real
• 1815-M^O ½ real
• 1815-M^O real
• (1815-21) real, c/m by Vicente Guerrero
• 1815-G^A 2 reales
• 1815-M^O 2 reales
• (1815-21) 2 reales, c/m by Vicente Guerrero
• 1815-G^A 4 reales
• 1815-C^A 8 reales
• 1815-D 8 reales
• 1815-G^A 8 reales
• 1815-M^O 8 reales
• 1815-Z^S 8 reales
• 1815-M^O ½ escudo
• 1815-M^O escudo
• 1815-M^O 2 escudos
• 1815-M^O 4 escudos
• 1815-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1815
• return to Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822