Mexico 1883-Ga B 10 centavos

from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 71299

This specimen was lot 71299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Centavos, 1883/1-Ga B. Guadalajara Mint. NGC MS-64. Only example of this overdate graded by NGC. Choice with attractive toning. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors." This specimen is a fairly common date of a series struck 1871-74, 1877, 1881-95 at the Guadalajara mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the silver one real struck since colonial times. Several transitional designs were issued 1863-70, including one by the Maximilian regime, before settling on this type. It, in turn, was replaced by a ten centavos piece with a redesigned reverse in 1898. Assayer B operated 1883-84.

Recorded mintage: 90,000.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-403.4.

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.
• ^[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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