Mexico 1862-Go YE 4 reales

from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71514

This specimen was lot 71514 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Reales, 1862/1-Go YE. Guanajuato Mint. PCGS AU-50. Overdate variety. A charming and original example with even, steely gray toning throughout." Shown is an 1862/1-Go YE four reales, from a type struck at the Guanajuato mint 1835-70. Assayer YE is recorded for 1862 only. 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.

Link to:

• 1861-G^O 4 reales
• Zacatecas 1862 1/8 real
• Jalisco 1862 1/4 real
• San Luis Potosi 1862 1/4 real
• Sonora 1862 1/4 real
• 1862-M^O centavo pattern
• Sinaloa 1862 ¼ real
• Zacatecas 1862 ¼ real
• 1862-G^O ¼ real
• 1862-M^O ¼ real
• 1862-M^O ½ real
• 1862-Z^S ½ real
• 1862-G^O real
• 1862-G^O 2 reales
• 1862-M^O 2 reales
• 1862-Z^S 2 reales
• 1862-M^O 4 reales
• 1862-C 8 reales
• 1862-C^A 8 reales
• 1862-D^O 8 reales
• 1862-G^A 8 reales
• 1862-G^O YE 8 reales
• 1862-G^O YF 8 reales
• 1862-H^O 8 reales
• 1862-M^O 8 reales
• 1862-O 8 reales
• 1862-O^A FR 8 reales
• 1862-P^I 8 reales
• 1862-Z^S 8 reales
• 1862-C ½ escudo
• 1862-D^O ½ escudo
• 1862-G^O ½ escudo
• 1862-M^O ½ escudo
• 1862-Z^S ½ escudo
• 1862-G^O escudo
• 1862-M^O escudo
• 1862-Z^S escudo
• 1862-G^O 2 escudos
• 1862-M^O 2 escudos
• 1862-G^O 4 escudos
• 1862-Z^S 4 escudos
• 1862-C^A 8 escudos
• 1862-D^O 8 escudos
• 1862-C 8 escudos
• 1862-G^O 8 escudos
• 1862-Z^S 8 escudos
• 1863-C^E 4 reales
• 1863-G^A 4 reales
• 1863-G^O 4 reales
• 1863-M^O 4 reales
• 1863-Z^S 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1862
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