Mexico 1846-GC MP 4 reales

Heritage sale 410, lot 14258

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

another specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1846GC-MP 4 reales, one of a type struck 1827-1870. Assayer MP is the only recorded for the Guadalupe y Calvo mint, which struck 4 reales 1844-50. Ten mints (Mexico City, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Potosi, Oaxaca, Hermosillo, Real del Catorce, Guadalupe y Calvo, Guadalajara and Culiacan) struck this type of which GC is by far the scarcest.

This specimen was lot 14258 in Heritage sale 410 (Long Beach, June 2006), where it sold for $2012.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Cap and Rays 4 Reales 1846 GC-MP, cleaned VF-XF details with some softness in the central areas and minor rim bruises. One of the truly elusive mints in the 4 Reales series."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM 375.3.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 410: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2006.

Link to:

• 1844-Ga 4 reales
• Zacatecas 1846 1/8 real
• Chihuahua 1846 1/4 real
• Zacatecas 1846 1/4 real
• 1846-G^A ½ real
• 1846-GC MP ½ real
• 1846-M^O ½ real
• 1846-Z^S ½ real
• 1846-GC real
• 1846-G^O real
• 1846-Z^S real
• 1846-D^O 2 reales
• 1846-GC 2 reales
• 1846-G^A 4 reales
• 1846-G^O 4 reales
• 1846-Z^S 4 reales
• 1846-C 8 reales
• 1846-C^A 8 reales
• 1846-D^O 8 reales
• 1846-G^A 8 reales
• 1846-GC 8 reales
• 1846-G^O 8 reales
• 1846-M^O 8 reales
• 1846-P^I 8 reales
• 1846-Z^S 8 reales
• 1846-GC ½ escudo
• 1846-M^O ½ escudo
• 1846-C escudo
• 1846-GC escudo
• 1846-M^O escudo
• 1846-C^A 8 escudos
• 1846-D^O 8 escudos
• 1846-GC 8 escudos
• 1846-G^O 8 escudos
• 1846-GC 8 escudos
• 1847-GC 4 reales
• 1847-Go 4 reales
• 1848-GC 2 reales
• 1848-GC 4 escudos
• 1849-GC 1 real
• Coins and currency dated 1846
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
• On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint