Mexico 1888-Go/Mo R 2-1/2 pesos

Morton & Eden sale 104, lot 639

This specimen was lot 639 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £1,800 (about US$2,788 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Decimal Coinage, 2½ pesos, Guanajuato mint, 1888 R, mintmark Go over Mo, good extremely fine and very rare [110 pieces struck]. NGC holder graded MS 62." The Mexico City mint issued a steady series of this denomination 1870-92 and there are a few available dates from Zacatecas but the other mints (Alamos, Culiacan, Durango, Guanajuato, Hermosillo) are all rare or uncollectible. This is one of two dates from Guanajuato, the other being 1871.

Recorded mintage: 110.

Specification: 4.23 g, 0.875 fine gold, .119 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 411.3.

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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1888-M^O centavo
• 1888-A^S 5 centavos
• 1888-C^A 5 centavos
• 1888-C^N 5 centavos
• 1888-D^O 5 centavos
• 1888-G^A 5 centavos
• 1888-G^O 5 centavos
• 1888-H^O 5 centavos
• 1888-M^O 5 centavos
• 1888-P^I 5 centavos
• 1888-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1888-A^S 10 centavos
• 1888-C^A 10 centavos
• 1888-C^N 10 centavos
• 1888-D^O 10 centavos
• 1888-G^A 10 centavos
• 1888-G^O 10 centavos
• 1888-H^O 10 centavos
• 1888-M^O 10 centavos
• 1888-P^I 10 centavos
• 1888-Z^S 10 centavos* 1888-A^S 25 centavos
• 1888-C^A 25 centavos
• 1888-C^N 25 centavos
• 1888-D^O 25 centavos
• 1888-G^O 25 centavos
• 1888-H^O 25 centavos
• 1888-M^O 25 centavos
• 1888-P^I 25 centavos
• 1888-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1888-A^S 50 centavos
• 1888-C^N 50 centavos
• 1888-H^O 50 centavos
• 1888-M^O 50 centavos
• 1888-A^S 8 reales
• 1888-C^A 8 reales
• 1888-C^N 8 reales
• 1888-G^A 8 reales
• 1888-G^O 8 reales
• 1888-H^O 8 reales
• 1888-M^O 8 reales
• 1888-O^A 8 reales
• 1888-P^I 8 reales
• 1888-Z^S 8 reales
• 1888-A^S gold peso
• 1888-C^A gold peso
• 1888-C^N gold peso
• 1888-G^O gold peso
• 1888-H^O gold peso
• 1888-M^O gold peso
• 1888-Z^S gold peso
• 1888-A^S 2½ pesos
• 1888-H^O 2½ pesos
• 1888-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1888-C^A 5 pesos
• 1888-M^O 5 pesos
• 1888-C^N 10 pesos
• 1888-Z^S 10 pesos
• 1888-M^O 20 pesos
• 1889-Z^S gold peso
• Coins and currency dated 1888
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905