Mexico 1868-Zs JS 2 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73188

This specimen was lot 73188 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $1,220. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 2 Reales, 1868-Zs JS. Zacatecas Mint. NGC MS-62. Two year assayer. Scarce assayer. Dark toning. Finest and only Mint State of just four graded by NGC. 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 Zacatecas mint struck two reales 1827, 1850-56, 1859-63 and 1867-68. Many early dates are rare. Assayer JS (J. S. de Santa Ana), who shared 1868 with YH (Ygnacio Hierro), is recorded for 1867-68 and 1876-86. 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 scarcer than the 1868-YH.

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.
• ^[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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• 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
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