Mexico 1874-Mo BH 8 reales

Steve Album sale 39, lot 1900

This specimen was lot 1900 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO: Republic, AR 8 reales, 1874-Mo, initials BH/MH, fully lustrous, NGC graded MS63." The SCWC lists assayers MH (1873-74 and 1877-90) and BH (1874-76) as common. It awards no premium to the overassayer. The Mexico City mint suspended the manufacture of cap and ray eight reales 1869-72 to produce balance scale pesos.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-377.10, DP-Mo59.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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• 1873-M^O 8 reales
• 1874-C^N centavo
• 1874-G^A centavo
• 1874-G^O centavo
• 1874-M^O centavo
• 1874-O^A centavo
• 1874-Z^S centavo
• 1874-A^S 5 centavos
• 1874-CH 5 centavos
• 1874-C^N 5 centavos
• 1874-D^O 5 centavos
• 1874-G^O 5 centavos
• 1874-H^O 5 centavos
• 1874-M^O B 5 centavos
• 1874-M^O M 5 centavos
• 1874-P^I 5 centavos
• 1874-Z^S A 5 centavos
• 1874-Z^S H 5 centavos
• 1874-A^S 10 centavos
• 1874-CH 10 centavos
• 1874-G^A 10 centavos
• 1874-G^O 10 centavos
• 1874-H^O 10 centavos
• 1874-M^O B 10 centavos
• 1874-M^O M 10 centavos
• 1874-P^I 10 centavos
• 1874-Z^S H 10 centavos
• 1874-Z^S A 10 centavos
• 1874-A 25 centavos
• 1874-C^N 25 centavos
• 1874-G^O 25 centavos
• 1874-H^O 25 centavos
• 1874-M^O B 25 centavos
• 1874-M^O M 25 centavos
• 1874-P^I 25 centavos
• 1874-Z^S A 25 centavos
• 1874-Z^S H 25 centavos
• 1874-C^N 50 centavos
• 1874-D^O 50 centavos
• 1874-G^O 50 centavos
• 1874-H^O 50 centavos
• 1874-M^O M 50 centavos
• 1874-M^O B 50 centavos
• 1874-P^I 50 centavos
• 1874-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1874-A 8 reales
• 1874-C^A 8 reales
• 1874-C 8 reales
• 1874-C^N 8 reales
• 1874-D^O CM 8 reales
• 1874-D^O JH 8 reales
• 1874-G^A IC 8 reales
• 1874-G^A MC 8 reales
• 1874-G^O 8 reales
• 1874-H^O 8 reales
• 1874-M^O MH 8 reales
• 1874-O^A 8 reales
• 1874-P^I 8 reales
• 1874-Z^S YH 8 reales
• 1874-Z^S JA 8 reales
• 1874-M^O gold peso
• 1874-H^O 5 pesos
• 1874-M^O 5 pesos
• 1874-Z^S 5 pesos
• "1874-M^O" 4 escudos fantasy
• 1874-D^O 10 pesos
• 1874-H^O 10 pesos
• 1874-M^O 10 pesos
• 1874-O^A 10 pesos
• 1874-Z^S 10 pesos
• 1874-CH 20 pesos
• 1874-G^O 20 pesos
• 1874-H^O 20 pesos
• 1874-M^O 20 pesos
• 1875-M^O BH 8 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1874