Mexico 1842-Pi PS 2 reales

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3776

This specimen was lot 3776 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO: Republic, AR 2 reales, 1842-Pi, assayer PS, somewhat flat strike, better date/assayer, VF." Shown is an 1842Pi-PS two reales, one of a type struck at the Potosi mint 1829-30, 1837, 1842-50, 1857-63, 1868-69. Assayer PS is recorded for 1842-43 along with assayer JS for 1842. Thirteen mints (Alamos, Chihuahua, Durango, Estado de Mexico, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Potosi, Hermosillo, Real del Catorce, Guadalupe y Calvo, Guadalajara and Culiacan) struck this type of which Zacatecas is tied with Guanajuato as the commonest mint. This date is not common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-374.11.

Source:

• 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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• 1841-D^O 2 reales
• 1842-M^O 1/8 real
• 1842-G^A ¼ real
• 1842-G^O LR ¼ real
• 1842-G^O PM ¼ real
• 1842-D^O ¼ real
• 1842-M^O ¼ real
• 1842-SLP ¼ real
• 1842-Z ¼ real
• 1842-D ½ real
• 1842-G^A ½ real
• 1842-G^O PJ ½ real
• 1842-G^O PM ½ real
• 1842-P^I ½ real
• 1842-M^O ½ real
• 1842-D real
• 1842-G^A real
• 1842-Z^S real
• 1842/32-D^O 2 reales
• 1842-P^I JS 2 reales
• 1842-P^I 4 reales
• 1842-Z^S 4 reales
• 1842-C^A 8 reales
• 1842-D^O 8 reales
• 1842-G^A 8 reales
• 1842-G^O PJ 8 reales
• 1842-G^O PM 8 reales
• 1842-M^O ML 8 reales
• 1842-M^O MM 8 reales
• 1842-P^I JS 8 reales
• 1842-P^I PS 8 reales
• 1842-Z^S 8 reales
• 1842-M^O ML ½ escudo
• 1842-M^O MM ½ escudo
• 1842-G^A ½ escudo
• 1842-C^A 8 escudos
• 1842-D^O 8 escudos
• 1842-G^O PJ 8 escudos
• 1842-G^O PM 8 escudos
• 1842-M^O 8 escudos
• 1843-D^O 2 reales
• 1843-G^A 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1842
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905