Mexico 1850-GC MP 1/2 real

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 72135

This specimen was lot 72135 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $317.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1850-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. NGC VF-20. Scarce mint. Rare date. Highest graded of just two examples by NGC. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." This mint is one of the scarcer for the type, tho the issues of Estado de Mexico, Chihuahua and Hermosillo are priced higher in the catalog. The type was struck at Guadalupe y Calvo 1844-51, all with assayer MP.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-370.6.

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, 1801-1900, 9th 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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