Mexico 1847-GC MP 2 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73067

This specimen was lot 73067 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $439.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 2 Reales, 1847-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. NGC VF-20. Scarce mint. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Of the fourteen mints of the Republic of Mexico, only Oaxaca did not strike this type. Shown is an 1847-GC MP two reales, one of a type struck 1844-51. Assayer MP is the sole assayer recorded for the Guadalupe y Calvo mint. This example realized seven times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown but the most common date per the SCWC.

Specification: 6.76 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-374.7.

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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• 1846-GC 2 reales
• 1847-G^A ¼ real
• 1847-M^O ¼ real
• 1847-SLP^I ¼ real
• 1847-G^A ½ real
• 1847-GC ½ real
• 1847-M^O ½ real
• 1847-P^I ½ real
• 1847-Z ½ real
• 1847-G^A real
• 1847-GC real
• 1847-G^O real
• 1847-P^I real
• 1847-Z^S real
• 1847-C 2 reales
• 1847-G^A 2 reales
• 1847-G^O 2 reales
• 1847-M^O 2 reales
• 1847-Z^S 2 reales
• 1847-G^A 4 reales
• 1847-GC 4 reales
• 1847-G^O 4 reales
• 1847-P^I 4 reales
• 1847-Z^S 4 reales
• 1847-C 8 reales
• 1847-C^A 8 reales
• 1847-D^O 8 reales
• 1847-G^A 8 reales
• 1847-GC 8 reales
• 1847-G^O 8 reales
• 1847-M^O MF 8 reales
• 1847-M^O RC 8 reales
• 1847-P^I 8 reales
• 1847-Z^S 8 reales
• 1847-D^O ½ escudo
• 1847-G^A ½ escudo
• 1847-GC ½ escudo
• 1847-C escudo
• 1847-G^A escudo
• 1847-GC escudo
• 1847-G^A 2 escudos
• 1847-G^O 4 escudos
• 1847-D^O 8 escudos
• 1847-G^O 8 escudos
• 1847-M^O 8 escudos
• 1848-GC 2 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1847
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
• On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint