Mexico 1872-Oa centavo

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11364

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73432

The first specimen was lot 11364 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $2,232. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Oaxaca. Centavo, 1872-Oa. NGC EF Details--Scratches. VERY RARE. Multiple old scratches, but still attractive." The Oaxaca mint, which struck this type 1872-75, is widely recognized as the rarest mint for one centavos and decimal minors in general. The five and ten centavos are scarce and twenty-five and fifty centavos don't exist. The second specimen was lot 73432 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description^[2] noted, "MEXICO. Centavo, 1872-Oa. Oaxaca Mint. PCGS Genuine--Corrosion Removed, AU Details. A VERY RARE issue from the Oaxaca mint. Upon consultation with archived auction results, the last auction appearance of any kind occurred in our November 2012 where an example with EF Details--Scratches brought a hammer of $1900."

Recorded mintage: 15,724.

Specification: 8 g, copper, 25 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-391.7.

Source:

Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Meyer, Greg, The Republic One Centavo, 1841-1905, San Antonio, TX: Nopalitos Publishing, 2010.
^[2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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