Mexico 1896/5-Go R peso

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72682

This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1873-1904 at the Guanajuato mint. This specimen was lot 72682 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1896/5-GoR. NGC MS-63+. Clear overdate. Sharply struck with attractive luster." Mexico City is the commonest mint, followed by Guanajuato, Culiacan, Zacatecas (scarce), Hermosillo (rare), Alamos (rare) and Chihuahua (rare). All the known specimens are the overdate, 1896/5. Even the common dates have low mintages but the type was widely hoarded, making it reasonably available today.

Recorded mintage: 4,671.

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

Catalog reference: KM 410.3.

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]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1889-Z^S gold peso
• 1896-M^O centavo
• 1896-G^O 5 centavos
• 1896-M^O 5 centavos
• 1896-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1896-C^N 10 centavos
• 1896-M^O B 10 centavos
• 1896-M^O M 10 centavos
• 1896-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1896-C^N 8 reales
• 1896-G^O 8 reales
• 1896-M^O AB 8 reales
• 1896-M^O AM 8 reales
• 1896-Z^S 8 reales
• 1896-C^N gold peso
• 1896-M^O B gold peso
• 1896-M^O M gold peso
• 1896-G^O 20 pesos
• 1896-M^O 20 pesos
• 1897-G^O peso oro
• 1897-M^O peso oro
• Coins and currency dated 1896
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905
• On the Gold Pesos of Mexico