Mexico 1854/3-Zs OM 4 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73308

This specimen was lot 73308 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $390.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, 1854/3-Zs OM. Zacatecas Mint. NGC AU-53. Tied or second highest graded by NGC. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Shown is an 1854-Zs OM four reales, one of a type struck at the Zacatecas mint 1830-70. Assayer OM (Manuel Ochoa and Manuel Miner) is recorded for 1830-56. 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 scarce with no regular date listed.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-375.9.

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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• 1853-Z^S 4 reales
• 1854-G^A ¼ real
• 1854-SLP^I ¼ real
• 1854-C ½ real
• 1854-D^O ½ real
• 1854-G^A ½ real
• 1854-G^O ½ real
• 1854-M^O ½ real
• 1854-P^I ½ real
• 1854-Z ½ real
• 1854-C real
• 1854-D^O real
• 1854-G^O real
• 1854-M^O real
• 1854-P^I real
• 1854-Z^S real
• 1854-C 2 reales
• 1854-G^A 2 reales
• 1854-G^O 2 reales
• 1854-M^O 2 reales
• 1854-Z^S 2 reales
• 1854-G^A 4 reales
• 1854-G^O 4 reales
• 1854-M^O 4 reales
• 1854-P^I 4 reales
• 1854-C^A 8 reales
• 1854-D^O 8 reales
• 1854-G^A 8 reales
• 1854-G^O 8 reales
• 1854-M^O 8 reales
• 1854-P^I 8 reales
• 1854-Z^S 8 reales
• 1854-C ½ escudo
• 1854-D^O ½ escudo
• 1854-M^O ½ escudo
• 1854-C 8 escudos
• 1854-G^O 8 escudos
• 1854-M^O 8 escudos
• 1855-Z^S 4 reales
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