Mexico 1879-Mo centavo

from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 71037

This specimen was lot 71037 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Centavo, 1879/8-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-65 Brown. Finest and only numerically graded of just two examples in NGC Census. Rare overdate. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors." The regular 1879-M^O is fairly common while the overdate shown here qualifies as slightly scarce. The Mexico City mint was by far the largest producer of this denomination and the only one whose products are available in Unicirculated.

Recorded mintage: 1,505,000 including the overdate.

Specification: 7.6 g, copper, 25 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-391.6.

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.
• Meyer, Greg, The Republic One Centavo, 1841-1905, San Antonio, TX: Nopalitos Publishing, 2010.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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