Mexico 1862-Go YF 2 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 73102

This specimen was part of lot 73102 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $854. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Group of 2 Reales (10 Pieces), 1855-67. Guanajuato Mint. Average Grade: EXTREMELY FINE. All: KM-374.8. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Of the fourteen mints of the Republic of Mexico, only Oaxaca did not strike this type. The Guanajuato mint struck two reales 1835-63 and 1867-70. Assayer YF (Yldefonso Flores), who shared 1862 with assayer YE, is recorded for 1862-68. Varieties include 1862/1 and 1862/57. This type, legal tender in the pre Civil War United States for a quarter, is common except in uncirculated. The 1861-MoCH 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 but common.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-374.8.

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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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• 1861-G^O 2 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-SLP^I ¼ real
• 1862-G^A ½ real
• 1862-G^O YE ½ real
• 1862-G^O YF ½ real
• 1862-H^O ½ real
• 1862-M^O ½ real
• 1862-P^I ½ real
• 1862-Z^S ½ real
• 1862-D^O real
• 1862-G^O real
• 1862-H^O real
• 1862-M^O real
• 1862-P^I real
• 1862-Z^S real
• 1862-G^A 2 reales
• 1862-G^O YE 2 reales
• 1862-M^O 2 reales
• 1862-Z^S 2 reales
• 1862-G^O 4 reales
• 1862-M^O 4 reales
• 1862-P^I 4 reales
• 1862-Z^S 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-G^O 2 reales
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