Mexico 1850-GC MP 8 reales

Ponterio sale 155. lot 6328

This specimen was lot 6328 in Ponterio sale 155 (Baltimore, November 2010), where it sold for $1,035. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guadalupe Y Calvo. 8 Reales, 1850-MP. Ex: Ponterio Auction #146, lot # 491 where it hammered for $1,200. Slightly weak strike on eagle's breast, dipped. BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED." This mint was open 1844-52 and assayer MP is the only one recorded for that mint, which struck all the silver and gold denominations, from the quarter real to the eight escudos. Of the fourteen mints which struck silver pesos, only Catorce and Estado de Mexico are scarcer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM 377.7, DP-GC07.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, The November 2010 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2010.

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