Mexico 1896-Go RS 8 reales

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2769

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2769 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $373.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 8 Reales, 1896-Go/GaRS. RARE condition for this over mintmark. NGC MS-64." This date, the next to last for Guanajuato, is common but numerous varieties exist, including 1896/1, 1896/1-Go/As and the Go/Ga shown here. The Guanajuato mint closed in 1900.

Recorded mintage: 5,229,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 377.8; DP-Go79.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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