Mexico 1848-GC MP 1/2 real

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70521

This specimen was lot 70521 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1848-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. PCGS Genuine--Surfaces Smoothed, EF Details. A bright example from this SCARCE mint, displaying a pleasing warm tone and strong details. While the surfaces have lost their original finish due to the noted smoothing, this little coin retains its abundant charm." Most of the mints focused on producing eight reales for export and neglected this useful and popular denomination. As a result, few dates are available in high grade.

Recorded mintage: 1,545,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-370.6.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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• Sinaloa 1848 1/4 real
• 1848-D^O ½ real
• 1848/7-M^O ½ real
• 1848-C real
• 1848-G^A real
• 1848-GC real
• 1848-GC 2 reales
• 1848/7-G^A 4 reales
• 1848-G^O 4 reales
• 1848-Z^S 4 reales
• 1848-C 8 reales
• 1848-C^A 8 reales
• 1848-D^O CM 8 reales
• 1848-D^O RM 8 reales
• 1848/7-G^A 8 reales
• 1848-GC 8 reales
• 1848-G^O PM 8 reales
• 1848-G^O PF 8 reales
• 1848-M^O 8 reales
• 1848-P^I 8 reales
• 1848-Z^S 8 reales
• 1848-C ½ escudo
• 1848-D^O ½ escudo
• 1848-GC ½ escudo
• 1848-C 1 escudo
• 1848-G^A 2 escudos
• 1848-GC 4 escudos
• 1848-D^O 8 escudos
• 1848-GC 8 escudos
• 1848-G^O 8 escudos
• 1848-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1848
• On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905