Mexico 1850-Go PF 8 reales

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 34261

This specimen was lot 34261 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1850-Go PF. Guanajuato Mint. NGC MS-62. Possessing a mostly golden-almond hue, this nearly-Choice crown displays a good deal of shimmering brilliance as well." The Guanajuato mint is tied with the Zacatecas mint as the most prolific producer of eight reales.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 27 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-377.8; DP-Go34.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• 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.
• 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 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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