Mexico 1861-Mo CH 2 reales

Ponterio sale 135, lot 531

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1861MoCH 2 reales, one of a type struck 1825-72. It was lot 531 in Ponterio sale 135. Assayer CH is recorded at the Mexico City mint for the years 1861-68. Other mints include Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Alamos, Hermosillo, Zacatecas, Culiacan, Chihuahua, Durango, Potosi, Estado de Mexico, Real de Catorce and Guadalupe y Calvo. Only Oaxaca did not strike this type. This type, legal tender in the pre Civil War United States for a quarter, is common except in uncirculated. The 1861MoCH is the only date of two reales that is reasonably common in high grade, the result of the dispersal of a hoard.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.76 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 374.10.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

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• 1861-D^O 8 escudos
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