Mexico 1893-Mo M peso

Goldberg sale 80, lot 3840

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 3840 in Goldberg sale 80 (Los Angeles, June 2014), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico. Peso, 1893-Mo M. Reflective proof-like fields. Brilliant Uncirculated." This specimen is a fairly common date of a series struck 1869-1905 at the Mexico City mint. Mexico City is the commonest mint, followed by Guanajuato, Culiacan, Zacatecas (scarce), Hermosillo (rare), Alamos (rare) and Chihuahua (rare). Even the common dates have low mintages but the type was widely hoarded, making it reasonably available today.

Recorded mintage: 5,917.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-157; KM-410.5.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Frank Draskovic and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 80: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

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• 1893-G^A 5 centavos
• 1893-G^O 5 centavos
• 1893-H^O 5 centavos
• 1893-M^O 5 centavos
• 1893-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1893-C^A 10 centavos
• 1893-D^O 10 centavos
• 1893-P^I 10 centavos
• 1893-A^S 8 reales
• 1893-C^A 8 reales
• 1893-C^N 8 reales
• 1893-D^O 8 reales
• 1893-G^A 8 reales
• 1893-G^O 8 reales
• 1893-H^O 8 reales
• 1893-M^O 8 reales
• 1893-O^A 8 reales
• 1893-P^I 8 reales
• 1893-Z^S 8 reales
• 1893-C^N peso oro
• 1893-C^N 2½ pesos
• 1893-M^O 5 pesos
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