Mexico 1841-Ca RG 8 reales

from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71473

This specimen was lot 71473 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1841-Ca RG. Chihuahua Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Normal date variety. A SCARCE type, '...considered the second scarcest date amid of the 1840s,' per DP. A charming example with medium-gray toning throughout and a slightly off-center strike." The Chihuahua mint was opened in 1811 by the royalists during the War of Independence and operated until 1822. It seems to have closed until 1831, when it resumed striking eight reales of republican design. Output must have been small as most of the dates before the 1870's are scarce to rare. The mint was closed in 1895. Assayer RG is noted for 1839-57.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .784 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-377.2; DP-Ca12.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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