Mexico 1865-Zs MO 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1865Z^S VL two reales, one of a type struck 1825-70. Assayer MO is recorded at the Zacatecas mint for 1855-60 and 1863-65. This is a common date even tho the mint was in the hands of the imperialists and was also striking Maximilian types such as five and ten centavos. Other mints include Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Alamos, Hermosillo, Potosi, Culiacan, Chihuahua, Durango, Mexico City, 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 374.12.

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.

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