Mexico 1863-Mo 10 centavos KM-Pn95

from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 71360

This specimen was lot 71360 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $31,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Silver 10 Centavos "Pattern", 1863-Mo. Mexico City Mint. Cap and Rays Type. NGC MS-66. Only graded by NGC. Very rare pattern and almost surely the finest known. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors. Ex: Pablo Gerber Collection." This cap-and-rays design was used for production 1867-69 at Mexico City and San Luis Potosi after the French had been expelled. Other early efforts, such as this product of Chihuahua (KM 401.1), used a value reverse, correctly assuming that the cap-and-rays ten centavos would be confused with the one real. A similar five centavos pattern exists (KM Pn94).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-Pn95.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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• 1863-C 8 reales
• 1863-C^A 8 reales
• 1863-C^E 8 reales
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• 1863-Z^S VL 8 reales
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• 1863-G^O ½ escudo
• 1863-M^O ½ escudo
• 1863-C escudo
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• 1863-G^A 2 escudos
• 1863-M^O 2 escudos
• 1863-M^O 4 escudos
• 1863-G^O 4 escudos
• 1863-C CE 8 escudos
• 1863-D^O 8 escudos
• 1863-G^O PF 8 escudos
• 1863-G^O YF 8 escudos
• 1863-M^O CH 8 escudos
• 1863-M^O TH 8 escudos
• 1863-Z^S MO 8 escudos
• 1863-Z^S VL 8 escudos
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