Mexico 1876-Cn GP 8 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7764

This specimen was lot 7764 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1876-Cn GP. Culiacan Mint. ICG AU-55. A lovely, sharply struck coin with pleasing original surfaces and bold, dark orange to lilac toning that flashes across the fields when turned under the light. A slight crack in the planchet is noted through the '6' of the date." In 1873, the Mexican government, facing rejection of its balance scale peso in its main export market of Asia, resumed the production of cap-and-ray eight reales. This late period of 1873-97 saw large mintages and few rarities. This date is common but is slightly better than 1876-Cn CG.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.3; DP-Cn32.

Source:

Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
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.
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.
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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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