Sombrerete 1812 8 reales

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11124

This specimen was lot 11124 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $940. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. War of Independence. Sombrerete. 8 Reales, 1812. Normal crude strike, adjustment marks. NGC AU-53." This is one of many coins issued by various rebel and royalist generals during the Revolution. Officers knew their control over the hordes under their command extended only as far as their ability to pay them. Looted bullion would be transformed into spendable coin as fast as and by any means possible. Sombrerete issues are known for half, one, two, four and eight reales but none are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15880, KM-177; Cal-type-172#651; El-MX75.

Sources:

Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
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.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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