Mexico 1888-Ca M 5 pesos

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Morton & Eden sale 104, lot 643

This specimen was lot 643 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £1,700 (about US$2,633 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Decimal Coinage, 5 pesos, Chihuahua mint, 1888 M, very light traces of solder in milling at the top edge (this remaining after expert removal of a mount which has left the coin itself undamaged), light contact wear but generally better than very fine, extremely rare and the only 5 pesos to have been minted at Chihuahua [120 pieces struck]." The Mexico City mint issued a steady series of this denomination 1870-1905 and there are a few available dates from Zacatecas and Culiacan but the other mints (Alamos, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hermosillo) are all rare or uncollectible. This is the only issue from Chihuahua.

Recorded mintage: 120.

Specification: 8.46 g, 0.875 fine gold, .238 troy oz AGW, this specimen 8.48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 412.1.

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.
  • Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Eden, Tom, James Morton, David Kirk and Menelaos Danellis, Morton & Eden sale 104, Ancient Coins and the Mexico Collection, London: Morton & Eden, 2019.

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