Mexico 1853-Go PF 4 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 73249

This specimen was part of lot 73249 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $439.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Octet of 4 Reales (8 Pieces), 1835-58. Guanajuato Mint. Grade Range: VERY GOOD to VERY FINE. 1) 1835-Go PJ. 2) 1836-Go PJ. 3) 1837-Go PJ. 4) 1840/30-Go PJ. 5) 1842-Go PM. 6) 1849-Go PF. 7) 1853-Go PF. 8) 1858-Go PF. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Shown is an 1853-Go PF four reales, one of a type struck at the Guanajuato mint 1835-70. Assayer PF is recorded for 1849-61. Ten mints (Mexico City, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Potosi, Oaxaca, Hermosillo, Real del Catorce, Guadalupe y Calvo, Guadalajara and Culiacan) struck this type of which Guanajuato is tied with Zacatecas as the commonest mint. This date is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-375.4.

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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• 1852-G^O 4 reales
• 1853-G^O ¼ real
• 1853-C ½ real
• 1853-D^O ½ real
• 1853-G^A ½ real
• 1853-G^O ½ real
• 1853-M^O ½ real
• 1853-P^I ½ real
• 1853-C real
• 1853-D^O real
• 1853-G^A real
• 1853-G^O real
• 1853-P^I real
• 1853-Z^S real
• 1853-C 2 reales
• 1853-G^A 2 reales
• 1853-M^O 2 reales
• 1853-Z^S 2 reales
• 1853-P^I 4 reales
• 1853-Z^S 4 reales
• 1853-C 8 reales
• 1853-C^A 8 reales
• 1853-D^O 8 reales
• 1853-G^A 8 reales
• 1853-G^O 8 reales
• 1853-M^O 8 reales
• 1853-P^I 8 reales
• 1853-Z^S 8 reales
• 1853-C ½ escudo
• 1853-D^O ½ escudo
• 1853-G^O ½ escudo
• 1853-M^O ½ escudo
• 1853-C escudo
• 1853-G^O escudo
• 1853-Z^S escudo
• 1853-G^A 2 escudos
• 1853-G^O 2 escudos
• 1853-C 8 escudos
• 1853-D^O 8 escudos
• 1853-G^O 8 escudos
• 1854-G^O 4 reales
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