Mexico 1861-Go PF 1/2 real

from Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 72162

This specimen was lot 72162 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $292.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1861-Go PF. Guanajuato Mint. NGC MS-63. Small "1/2" variety. Finest of only two graded by NGC. Very nice. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Of the fourteen mints of the Republic of Mexico, only Oaxaca and Real de Catorce did not strike this type. The Guanajuato mint struck half reales 1826-62 and 1867-68 and most of the dates are common. Assayer PF served 1848-61. A large "½" variety also exists for 1861.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-370.7.

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, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• 1861-C ½ real
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• 1861-G^A real
• 1861-G^O real
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• 1861-H^O 2 reales
• 1861-M^O 2 reales
• 1861-P^I 2 reales
• 1861-Z^S 2 reales
• 1861-G^O 4 reales
• 1861-H^O 4 reales
• 1861-O 4 reales
• 1861-P^I 4 reales
• 1861-Z^S 4 reales
• 1861-C CE 8 reales
• 1861-C PV 8 reales
• 1861-C^A 8 reales
• 1861-D^O 8 reales
• 1861-G^O 8 reales
• 1861-H^O 8 reales
• 1861-M^O CH 8 reales
• 1861-M^O TH 8 reales
• 1861-O 8 reales
• 1861-O^A 8 reales
• 1861-P^I PS 8 reales
• 1861-P^I RO 8 reales
• 1861-Z^S 8 reales
• 1861-D^O ½ escudo
• 1861-G^A ½ escudo
• 1861-G^O ½ escudo
• 1861-M^O ½ escudo
• 1861-D^O escudo
• 1861-M^O escudo
• 1861-G^A 2 escudos
• 1861-M^O 2 escudos
• 1861-M^O 4 escudos
• 1861-C 8 escudos
• 1861-D^O 8 escudos
• 1861-G^A 8 escudos
• 1861-G^O 8 escudos
• 1861-O 8 escudos
• 1861-Z^S 8 escudos
• 1862-G^O ½ real
• Coins and currency dated 1861
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