Mexico 1846-Mo LR 1/4 real

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 72042

This specimen was lot 72042 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $390.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/4 Real, 1846-Mo LR. Mexico City Mint. NGC AU-55. Scarce. Third finest of four graded. Dark toning with minor spot at top of head. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Mexico City struck this denomination 1842-47, 1858-63. "Lion and castle" quarter reals were struck before independence but their issue ceased in 1821. State coppers were meant to fill the gap but their abusive overissue forced the central government to issue these tiny silver coins (face value 3¼¢) in an attempt to displace them. They were issued by the Chihuahua (mintmark "Ca", rare), Culiacan (mintmark "C", rare), Durango (mintmark "Do", not common), Guadalajara (mintmark "Ga", common), Guadalupe y Calvo (mintmark "GC", rare), Guanajuato (mintmark "Go", common), Mexico City (mintmark "Mo", common), San Luis Potosí (mintmark "SLPi", common) and Zacatecas (mintmark "Zs", common) mints. Many individual dates are very rare. Counterfeits exist. The conversion to decimal coinage in the 1860's terminated the denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.845 g, 0.903 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-368.6.

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, 1901-2000, 47th 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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• 1845-M^O ¼ real
• Zacatecas 1846 1/8 real
• Chihuahua 1846 1/4 real
• Zacatecas 1846 1/4 real
• 1846-C ½ real
• 1846-G^O ½ real
• 1846-G^A ½ real
• 1846-GC ½ real
• 1846-M^O ½ real
• 1846-P^I ½ real
• 1846-Z ½ real
• 1846-C real
• 1846-D^O real
• 1846-G^A real
• 1846-GC real
• 1846-G^O real
• 1846-Z^S real
• 1846-P^I real
• 1846-C 2 reales
• 1846-D^O 2 reales
• 1846-G^A 2 reales
• 1846-GC 2 reales
• 1846-G^O 2 reales
• 1846-P^I 2 reales
• 1846-Z^S 2 reales
• 1846-C 4 reales
• 1846-G^A 4 reales
• 1846-GC 4 reales
• 1846-G^O 4 reales
• 1846-P^I 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-M^O 8 escudos
• 1847-M^O ¼ real
• Coins and currency dated 1846
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905