Mexico 1889-Go R 25 centavos

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from the Big Orange Collection
from the Big Orange Collection
Ponterio sale 159, lot 9093
photo courtesy of Ponterio & Associates
Ponterio sale 159, lot 9094
photo courtesy of Ponterio & Associates

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1874-90 at the Guanajuato mint, which closed in 1900. This twenty-five centavos piece replaced the two reales struck since colonial times. It was replaced by a smaller twenty centavos piece in 1898. The second specimen was lot 9093 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $862.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1889/8-GoR. Blast white. NGC MS-67." The third specimen was lot 9094 in the same sale, where it sold for $431.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1889-GoR/AsL. NGC MS-65."

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: 304,000.

Catalog reference: KM 406.5.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
  • [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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