Mexico 1866-Pi peso
This specimen was lot 21211 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Empire of Maximilian. Peso, 1866-Pi. NGC MS-63. Tied for finest certified with 6 others at NGC, none in this grade or better at PCGS. Better struck than most of this normally poorly struck issue. Soft satin luster with just a light veneer of tone, brilliant and quite attractive. From the Alex Siegel Collection." The Mexico City mint produced this peso in 1866-67 and its issue is common; the Potosi mint issue is scarce and the Guanajuato issue is rare, especially in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 388.2.
- Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
- Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
- Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
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