Mexico 1985 250 pesos Fr-188
The first specimen was lot 72335 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 250 Pesos, 1985-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Commemorating the 450th anniversary of the Mexico City mint and the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. A highly mirrored and brilliant Gem, exceeded in the NGC census by just five examples." The second specimen was lot 71688 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[2] noted, "MEXICO. 250 Pesos, 1985-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo. Struck to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Mexico City Mint and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Incredibly vibrant and sharply struck, with an intense cameo nature radiating on each side." This is one of several NCLT's issued for the 1986 World Cup, which Mexico hosted. This type comes with and without the fineness marked on the coin; the proofs were struck without the fineness.
Recorded mintage: 44,595 for 1985-86, with and without fineness marked on coin.
Specification: 8.64 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-188; the first specimen KM-506.1, the second specimen KM 506.2.
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- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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