Mexico 1875/3-Zs A peso

Heritage sale 441, lot 51849

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72699

This specimen is a rare date of a series struck 1869-1905 at the Zacatecas mint. Mexico City is the commonest mint, followed by Guanajuato, Culiacan, Zacatecas (scarce), Hermosillo (rare), Alamos (rare) and Chihuahua (rare). Even the common dates have low mintages but the type was widely hoarded, making it reasonably available today. Numerous date varieties exist. The first specimen was lot 51849 in Heritage sale 441 (Long Beach, September 2007) where it sold for $690. The catalog description noted, "Republic gold Peso 1875/3 Zs-A, AU with edge flaws as made. A very scarce issue which appears much less frequently than one might expect." The second specimen was lot 72699 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1875/3-ZsA. NGC MS-62. RARE date. Sharply struck with good luster and quite attractive."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .047 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 410.6.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1875-C^N centavo
• 1875-G^A centavo
• 1875-H^O centavo
• 1875-M^O centavo
• 1875-Z^S centavo
• 1875-A^S 5 centavos
• 1875-C^N 5 centavos
• 1875-G^O 5 centavos
• 1875-M^O 5 centavos
• 1875-P^I 5 centavos
• 1875-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1875-A^S 10 centavos
• 1875-G^O 10 centavos
• 1875-M^O 10 centavos
• 1875-P^I 10 centavos
• 1875-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1875-A 25 centavos
• 1875-C^N 25 centavos
• 1875-G^O 25 centavos
• 1875-H^O 25 centavos
• 1875-M^O 25 centavos
• 1875-P^I 25 centavos
• 1875-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1875-A^S 50 centavos
• 1875-C^N 50 centavos
• 1875-D^O H 50 centavos
• 1875-D^O M 50 centavos
• 1875-G^O 50 centavos
• 1875-H^O 50 centavos
• 1875-M^O 50 centavos
• 1875-P^I 50 centavos
• 1875-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1875-A 8 reales
• 1875-A^S 8 reales
• 1875-C^A 8 reales
• 1875-C^N 8 reales
• 1875-D^O CM 8 reales
• 1875-D^O JH 8 reales
• 1875-G^A IC 8 reales
• 1875-G^A MC 8 reales
• 1875-G^O 8 reales
• 1875-H^O 8 reales
• 1875-M^O 8 reales
• 1875-O^A 8 reales
• 1875-P^I 8 reales
• 1875-Z^S 8 reales
• 1875-M^O peso oro
• 1875-Z^S 2½ pesos
• 1875-C^N 5 pesos
• 1875-D^O 10 pesos
• 1875-G^O 20 pesos
• 1875-H^O 20 pesos
• 1877-M^O peso oro
• 1878-Z^S gold peso
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