Mexico 1835-Mo 1/8 real

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2847

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

The first specimen was lot 2847 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $747.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Mexico City. 1/8 Real (Octavo), 1835. Nice strike, glossy brown surfaces. NGC MS-61 BN." This issue, struck 1829-35, was accompanied by copper cuartillas; both were issued in an attempt to drive out the abusive minting of state and municipal coppers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, copper, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-333.

Source:

• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
• Bailey, Don, State & Federal Copper and Brass Coinage of Mexico, 1824-1872, Hemet, CA, 2008.

Links to:

• 1829 1/8 real
• Chihuahua 1835 1/8 real
• Chihuahua 1835 1/4 real
• Sonora 1835 ¼ real
• 1835-M^O ¼ real
• 1835-M^O ½ real
• 1835-Z^S ½ real
• 1835-Z^S real
• 1835-Z^S 2 reales
• 1835-Z^S 4 reales
• 1835-C^A 8 reales
• 1835-D^O 8 reales
• 1835-G^A 8 reales
• 1835-G^O 8 reales
• 1835-H^O 8 reales
• 1835-M^O 8 reales
• 1835-P^I 8 reales
• 1835-Z^S 8 reales
• 1835-D^O ½ escudo
• 1835-G^A ½ escudo
• 1835-M^O ½ escudo
• 1835-D^O escudo
• 1835-G^A 2 escudos
• 1835-D^O 8 escudos
• 1835-G^O 8 escudos
• 1841 1/8 real
• Coins and currency dated 1835
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905

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