Mexico 1868-Pi PS 2 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1868PiPS two reales, one of a type struck intermittently 1829-69. Assayer PS is recorded at the Potosi mint for 1868-69 only. Other mints include Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Alamos, Hermosillo, Zacatecas, 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 374.11.

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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• 1867-Ho 2 reales
• 1868-M^O centavo
• 1868-G^O ½ real
• 1868-C^A 5 centavos
• 1868-M^O "cap and ray" 5 centavos
• 1868-M^O "standing eagle" 5 centavos
• 1868-P "cap and ray" 5 centavos
• 1868-C^A 10 centavos
• 1868-M^O "cap and ray" 10 centavos
• 1868-M^O "standing eagle" 10 centavos
• 1868-P "cap and ray" 10 centavos
• 1868-G^O real
• 1868-H^O real
• 1868-M^O 2 reales
• 1868-Z^S 2 reales
• 1868-G^O 4 reales
• 1868-M^O CH 4 reales
• 1868-M^O PH 4 reales
• 1868-P^I 4 reales
• 1868-Z^S 4 reales
• 1868-A 8 reales
• 1868-C^A JG 8 reales
• 1868-C^A MM 8 reales
• 1868-C 8 reales
• 1868-D^O 8 reales
• 1868-G^A 8 reales
• 1868-G^O 8 reales
• 1868-H^O 8 reales
• 1868-M^O PH 8 reales
• 1868-M^O CH 8 reales
• 1868-O 8 reales
• 1868-P^I 8 reales
• 1868-Z^S JS 8 reales
• 1868-Z^S YH 8 reales
• 1868-M^O ½ escudo
• 1868-M^O 2 escudos
• 1868-M^O 4 escudos
• 1868-C 8 escudos
• 1868-C^A 8 escudos
• 1868-D^O 8 escudos
• 1868-G^O 8 escudos
• 1868-H^O 8 escudos
• 1868-M^O CH 8 escudos
• 1868-M^O PH 8 escudos
• 1868-O 8 escudos
• 1868-Z^S 8 escudos
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