Mexico 1876-As DL 8 reales

from Stack's Bowers November 2015 sale, lot 39444

This specimen was lot 39444 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $499.38. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1876-AsDL. NGC Fine Details--Chopmarked. Hooked-6. VERY RARE. Unlisted variety and the first we have encountered. All other known examples are punched with an upside down "9" for the last digit in the date, here we have what is clearly a digit fully intended to be a "6" and with a "7" punched in the style of 1875. The coin is truly enigmatic on several levels, the first being the degree of die deterioration on the obverse, with surface die cracks severe enough to clearly indicate impending die failure. Close inspection does not reveal any evidence of the date being overpunched and the normal presumption would be that other examples of the type must have been made in order for the dies to have sustained such extensive damage. The only reasonable conclusion would be that this die, unique from all others used at the Alamos Mint that year, failed very soon after being put into production, with few (if any) other examples of the die variety having survived. A coin intended for the most advanced collection of Cap & Rays 8 Reales, and sure to add depth and meaning to the collection it enters."

The Alamos mint struck eight reales 1864-95. Many of the early dates are rare but the 1876-As is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: cf.DP-As15; KM-377.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.

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• 1876-P^I 8 reales
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• 1876-M^O B 2½ pesos
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