Mexico 1886-Pi R 10 centavos
This specimen is the first common date of a series struck 1869-93 at the San Luis Potosí 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 C is also recorded for the year and it is much less common. This specimen was lot 8983 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Potosi. 10 Centavos, 1886-PiR. Traces of adjustment marks, nice strike, toned. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED."
Specification: 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
Recorded mintage: 52,000 (assayers C and R).
Catalog reference: KM 403.9.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.
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- 1886-CH M 10 centavos
- 1886-CN M 10 centavos mule
- 1886-DO C 10 centavos
- 1886-GA S 10 centavos
- 1886-GO R 10 centavos
- 1886-HO M 10 centavos
- 1886-PI C 10 centavos
- 1886-AS 5 centavos
- 1886-GO 5 centavos
- 1886-A 25 centavos
- 1886-CH 25 centavos
- 1886-CN 25 centavos
- 1886-DO 25 centavos
- 1886-GO 25 centavos
- 1886-HO 25 centavos
- 1886-MO 25 centavos
- 1886-PI C 25 centavos
- 1886-PI R 25 centavos
- 1886-CN 50 centavos
- 1886-GO 50 centavos
- 1886-MO 50 centavos
- 1886-PI C 50 centavos
- 1886-PI R 50 centavos
- 1886-ZS 50 centavos
- 1886-AS 8 reales
- 1886-CN 8 reales
- 1886-DO 8 reales
- 1886-OA 8 reales
- 1886-PI LC 8 reales
- 1886-PI MR 8 reales
- 1886-ZS JS 8 reales
- 1886-ZS FZ 8 reales
- 1886-CN peso oro
- 1886-MO peso oro
- 1886-OA 10 pesos
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