Mexico 1850-GC MP 4 reales

Ponterio sale 151, lot 9790

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

Shown is an 1850GC-MP four reales, one of a type struck 1827-1870. Assayer MP is the only recorded for the Guadalupe y Calvo mint, which struck 4 reales 1844-50. Ten mints (Mexico City, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Potosi, Oaxaca, Hermosillo, Real del Catorce, Guadalupe y Calvo, Guadalajara and Culiacan) struck this type of which GC is by far the scarcest. This specimen was lot 9790 in Ponterio sale 151 (Baltimore, November 2009), where it sold for $747.50 despite being graded only Very Good.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .392 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 375.3.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 151: The November 2009 Baltimore auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers & Morena, 2009.

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• 1849-GC 4 reales
• 1850-M^O 1/8 real
• 1850-G^O ¼ real
• 1850-M^O ¼ real
• 1850-D^O RM ½ real
• 1850-D^O JMR ½ real
• 1850-G^A ½ real
• 1850-GC ½ real
• 1850-G^O ½ real
• 1850-M^O ½ real
• 1850-P^I ½ real
• 1850-Z ½ real
• 1850-C real
• 1850-D^O real
• 1850-G^A real
• 1850-GC real
• 1850-G^O real
• 1850-M^O real
• 1850-P^I real
• 1850-Z^S real
• 1850-C 2 reales
• 1850-G^A 2 reales
• 1850-GC 2 reales
• 1850-G^O 2 reales
• 1850-M^O 2 reales
• 1850-P^I 2 reales
• 1850-Z^S 2 reales
• 1850-C 4 reales
• 1850-G^O 4 reales
• 1850-M^O 4 reales
• 1850-P^I 4 reales
• 1850-Z^S 4 reales
• 1850-C 8 reales
• 1850-C^A 8 reales
• 1850-D^O 8 reales
• 1850-GC 8 reales
• 1850-G^O 8 reales
• 1850-M^O 8 reales
• 1850-P^I 8 reales
• 1850-Z^S 8 reales
• 1850-D^O ½ escudo
• 1850-M^O ½ escudo
• 1850-D^O escudo
• 1850-G^A 2 escudos
• 1850-C 8 escudos
• 1850-C^A 8 escudos
• 1850-D^O 8 escudos
• 1850-G^A 8 escudos
• 1850-GC 8 escudos
• 1850-G^O 8 escudos
• 1850-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1850
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