Mexico 1858-C CE 8 reales

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 23385
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 23385 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1858-CCE. PCGS MS-63 Secure Holder. An attractive example, displaying satin-smooth luster in the fields, lovely russet and lavender toning that concentrates at the edges and a decent strike for the date. The finest certified example at PCGS with a single higher MS-63+ graded by NGC. Ex: Coin Galleries auction, November 7, 1990, Lot #1193." The Culiacan mint struck eight reales 1846-97 and this date is available tho not common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.3; DP-Cn13.

Source:

  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
  • 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.
  • Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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