Mexico 1986 250 pesos

Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72345

This specimen was lot 72345 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, 1986-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the 1986 World Cup Soccer Games. Sharply struck with brilliant fields and frosted cameo devices." 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: 54,770 for 1985-86, with and without fineness marked on coin.

Specification: 8.64 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-187; KM-500.2.

Source:

Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
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.

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