Mexico 1883-Pi MH 8 reales

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70499

This specimen was lot 70499 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1883-Pi MH. San Luis Potosi Mint. NGC BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED. Highly brilliant and blazing, this specimen is largely untoned and without color, save for a few areas of burnished iridescence on the reverse." The San Luis Potosi mint opened in 1827 to process local ore and struck eight reales until 1893. The mint eventually struck all the silver denominations but never gold, altho patterns exist. For 1883, the SCWC notes only the normal date and an 1883/2 overdate, which obtains a slight premium. Assayer MH is listed for 1873-85.

Recorded mintage: 1,545,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.12; DP-Pi72.

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.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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