Mexico 1876-Oa AE 8 reales

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Ponterio sale 155, lot 6427
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 6427 in Ponterio sale 155 (Baltimore, November 2010), where it sold for $402.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Oaxaca. 8 Reales, 1876-AE. Cap style of 1875. Nice strike, light toning. CHOICE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED." The SCWC lists the date as common.

Recorded mintage: 140,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.11, DP-Oa21.

Source:

  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, The November 2010 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2010.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • Salmeron, Antonio Deana, La Ceca Republicana de Oaxaca, Acuñaciones de Plata, Puebla, Mexico, 1977.
  • 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.

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