Mexico 1849-Mo GC 8 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7794

This specimen was lot 7794 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1849-Mo GC. Mexico City Mint. PCGS AU-55. A pleasing coin with sharp strike detail throughout, some flashy luster remaining in the fields, and mottled gray toning." The Mexico City mint, founded in the days of Hernan Cortez, never stopped minting coins during all the chaos of the war of independence and the turmoil of the early republic. The Mexico City mint was one of three to strike the cap-and-ray eight reales with the "hook-neck" eagle and also emitted large quantities of eight reales with the facing eagle shown here. This date is fairly common and is accompanied by an 1849/8 overdate.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-377.10; DP-Mo34.

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.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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