Mexico 1908-Mo GV peso

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2829

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2829 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $264.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Mexico City. Peso, 1908-MoGV. Toned. NGC MS-64." This date is known from Mexico City only, the branch mints having closed after 1905. Assayer AM also exists for 1908 and is about the same rarity.

Recorded mintage: 7,575,000 (assayers AM and GV).

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

Catalog reference: KM 409.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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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• 1903-M^O MA peso
• 1903-Zs silver peso
• 1908 50 centavos
• Mexico 1908-Mo AM peso
• 1908 10 pesos
• Mexico 1909-Mo GV peso
• Coins and currency dated 1908
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905