Mexico 1843-Go PM 4 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

closeup of the date

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73227

Shown is an 1843-G^O PM 4 reales, one of a type struck at the Guanajuato mint 1835-70. Assayer PM (Patrick Murphy) is recorded for 1842-48. Ten mints (Mexico City, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Potosi, Oaxaca, 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 common. The second specimen was lot 73227 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $414.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, 1843/2-Go PM. Guanajuato Mint. NGC AU-50. New Mexican style dies. Coin axis begins. Variety with convex wings. First year of local dies. Second highest of four coins graded by NGC. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." The overdate is not awarded a premium in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .392 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 375.4.

Source:

• Busse, Dave, A Minor Challenge: A Study of Mexican Republic Silver ¼, ½, 1, 2 and 4 Reales Die Styles,, Harlingen, TX: 2018.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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