Mexico 1889-Zs Z 5 pesos

Goldberg sale 104, lot 3589

This specimen was lot 3585 in Goldberg sale 104 (Los Angeles, June 2018), where it sold for $1,290. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico. 5 Pesos, 1889-ZsZ. Balance scales and Liberty Cap. Reverse: Eagle. Mintage 373. PCGS graded MS-64." Shown is an 1889-Zs Z five pesos gold piece, of a type struck at Zacatecas 1870-1905. The type is also recorded from Culiacan, Durango, Guanajuato, Alamos, Chihuahua and Hermosillo but Mexico City is by far the most prolific issuer. Despite the miniscule mintage, the 1889-ZsZ is not considered a rare date.

Recorded mintage: 373.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-147; KM-412.7.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 104: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
• 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.

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• 1889-M^O centavo
• 1889-A^S 5 centavos
• 1889-C^A 5 centavos
• 1889-C^N 5 centavos
• 1889-D^O 5 centavos
• 1889-G^A 5 centavos
• 1889-G^O 5 centavos
• 1889-H^O 5 centavos
• 1889-M^O 5 centavos
• 1889-P^I 5 centavos
• 1889-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1889-C^A 10 centavos
• 1889-C^N 10 centavos
• 1889-D^O 10 centavos
• 1889-G^A 10 centavos
• 1889-G^O 10 centavos
• 1889-H^O 10 centavos
• 1889-M^O 10 centavos
• 1889-O^A 10 centavos
• 1889-P^I 10 centavos
• 1889-A^S 25 centavos
• 1889-C^A 25 centavos
• 1889-C^N 25 centavos
• 1889-D^O 25 centavos
• 1889-G^A 25 centavos
• 1889-G^O 25 centavos
• 1889-H^O 25 centavos
• 1889-M^O 25 centavos
• 1889-P^I 25 centavos
• 1889-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1889-A^S 8 reales
• 1889-C^A 8 reales
• 1889-C^N 8 reales
• 1889-G^A 8 reales
• 1889-G^O 8 reales
• 1889-H^O 8 reales
• 1889-M^O 8 reales
• 1889-O^A 8 reales
• 1889-P^I 8 reales
• 1889-Z^S 8 reales
• 1889-C^A gold peso
• 1889-M^O gold peso
• 1889-Z^S gold peso
• 1889-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1889-M^O 5 pesos
• 1889-A^S 10 pesos
• 1889-M^O 10 pesos
• 1889-M^O 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1889
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905