Mexico 1888-Go R peso

Morton & Eden sale 104, lot 633

This specimen was lot 633 in Morton & Eden sale 104 (London, November 2019), where it sold for £380 (about US$589 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Decimal Coinage, gold peso, Guanajuato mint, 1888 R, minimal traces of handling, mint state, very rare." Even the common dates have low mintages but the type was widely hoarded, making it reasonably available today. Altho Guanajuato is considered a common mint, this is a rare date.

Recorded mintage: 210.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .047 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-161, KM 410.3.

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-H^O gold peso
• 1888-M^O gold peso
• 1888-Z^S gold peso
• 1888-A^S 2½ pesos
• 1888-G^O/M^O 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-M^O gold peso
• 1889-Z^S gold peso
• Coins and currency dated 1888
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905
• On the Gold Pesos of Mexico