Mexico 1899-Cn JQ peso

Stack's Bowers February 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74755

This specimen was lot 74755 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1899-Cn JQ. Culiacan Mint. PCGS AU-53. This handsome example of a popular type displays a vibrant luster, and occasional touches of golden toning." This type was struck at Culiacan 1898-1905 and assayers JQ and AM are recorded for the year.

Recorded mintage: 1,722,000 including assayer AM.

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

Catalog reference: KM-409.

Source:

^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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.
Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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