Mexico 1856/5-Mo GF 1/2 real

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42690

This specimen was lot 42690 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1856/5-Mo GF. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-64." The Mexico City mint struck this denomination nearly every year 1825-63. Most dates, including this one, are common. No regular date is reported for 1856, all seem to be overdates. Assayer GF is listed for 1855-57.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-370.9.

Source:

• 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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1855-M^O ½ real
• Chihuahua 1856 ¼ real
• Guanajuato 1856 1/4 real
• Jalisco 1856 1/8 real
• 1856-G^O ¼ real
• 1856-D^O ½ real
• 1856-G^A ½ real
• 1856-G^O ½ real
• 1856-P^I ½ real
• 1856-C real
• 1856-G^O 2 reales
• 1856-M^O 2 reales
• 1856-G^A 4 reales
• 1856-G^O 4 reales
• 1856-M^O 4 reales
• 1856-P^I 4 reales
• 1856-C 8 reales
• 1856-C^A 8 reales
• 1856-D^O 8 reales
• 1856-G^A 8 reales
• 1856-G^O 8 reales
• 1856-M^O 8 reales
• 1856-P^I 8 reales
• 1856-Z^S 8 reales
• 1856-C ½ escudo
• 1856-M^O ½ escudo
• 1856-G^A escudo
• 1856-M^O escudo
• 1856-G^O 4 escudos
• 1856-M^O 4 escudos
• 1856-C 8 escudos
• 1856-C^A 8 escudos
• 1856-D^O 8 escudos
• 1856-G^O 8 escudos
• 1856-M^O 8 escudos
• 1857-G^O ½ real
• 1857-M^O ½ real
• Coins and currency dated 1856
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905