Mexico 1893-Pi MR 8 reales

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Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72542
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This specimen was lot 72542 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1893-Pi MR. San Luis Potosi Mint. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. An exceedingly lustrous and blazing specimen, this choice piece features intense eye appeal and should garner an elite bid. From the Sonoran Sunset Collection." The San Luis Potosi mint struck eight reales 1827-93. This final date is common.

Recorded mintage: 530,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-377.12; DP-Pi84.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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