Mexico 1886-Do C 50 centavos

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from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 72240
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This specimen was lot 72240 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 50 Centavos, 1886-Do C. Durango Mint. NGC VF-25. Second finest and best numerically graded by NGC. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors." Shown is a balance scale fifty centavos, of a type struck 1869-1895. This issue from Durango is common for the mint but still priced in the SCWC at double a common Guanajuato date.

Recorded mintage: 16,000.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.903 fine silver, 30.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-407.3.

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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