Mexico 1872-Mo M 20 pesos

Heritage sale 3035, lot 31342

This specimen was lot 31342 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 20 Pesos 1872 Mo-M AU Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Mexico City mint. A well detailed specimen, cleaned long ago and now starting to retone. Still above average for this large gold issue, often encountered with much worse impairments. From The FoxLair Collection." This type was struck at Mexico City 1870-1905 and is the most available mint. An 1872/1 overdate is recorded.

Recorded mintage: 11,000.

Specification: 33.84 g, 0.875 fine gold, .952 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 414.6, Fr-119.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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• 1872-O^A centavo
• 1872-G^O 5 centavos
• 1872-M^O 5 centavos
• 1872-P^I 5 centavos
• 1872-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1872-G^O 10 centavos
• 1872-M^O 10 centavos
• 1872-P^I 10 centavos
• 1872-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1872-A 2 reales
• 1872-CH 25 centavos
• 1872-C^N 25 centavos
• 1872-G^O 25 centavos
• 1872-M^O 25 centavos
• 1872-P^I 25 centavos
• 1872-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1872-G^O 50 centavos
• 1872-M^O 50 centavos
• 1872-P^I 50 centavos
• 1872-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1872-A 8 reales
• 1872-H^O 8 reales
• 1872-CH M silver peso
• 1872-CH P silver peso
• 1872-D^O P silver peso
• 1872-D^O Pt silver peso
• 1872-G^A silver peso
• 1872-G^O silver peso
• 1872-M^O silver peso
• 1872-M^O gold peso
• 1872-O^A silver peso
• 1872-P^I silver peso
• 1872-Z^S silver peso
• 1872-Z^S gold peso
• 1872-Z^S 2½ pesos
• 1872-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1872-M^O 5 pesos
• 1872-D^O 10 pesos
• 1872-G^A 10 pesos
• 1872-M^O 10 pesos
• 1872-O^A 10 pesos
• 1872-Z^S 10 pesos
• 1872-H^O 8 escudos
• 1872-CH 20 pesos
• 1872-C^N 20 pesos
• 1872-G^O 20 pesos
• 1873-M^O 20 pesos
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