Mexico 1861-Go PF 4 reales

from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71513

This specimen was lot 71513 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, 1861-Go PF. Guanajuato Mint. NGC VF-25. A wholesome and somewhat worn coin, with good detail on the centers and some weakness in the peripheries. The surfaces are toned a gentle gray, with darker hues in the protected areas." Shown is an 1861-Go PF four reales, from a type struck at the Guanajuato mint 1835-70. Assayer PF is recorded for 1848-61. 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 but, like all four reales, rare in choice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-375.4.

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

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