Mexico 1829-EoMo LF 1/2 real

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 1829EoMo medio real rev DSLR.jpg
Ponterio sale 159, lot 8132
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen represents the only year of issue of half reales from the Estado de Mexico mint. The mint was open 1828-30 and struck half, one, two and eight reales in silver and two and eight escudos in gold. All are rare but this little coin is not so expensive as its more glamorous sisters. The second specimen was lot 8132 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $460. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Estado De Mexico. 1/2 Real, 1829-EoMoLF. FINE-VERY FINE."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 370.4.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.

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