Tetela del Oro y Ocampo 1915 2 centavos KM-759
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This specimen was lot 74810 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Puebla. Tetela del Oro y Ocampo. 2 Centavos, 1915. NGC MS-64 Red Brown. Variety without inner circle on either side. This pleasing near-Gem offers a chocolatey red-brown allure and a solid strike overall for the type." This enigmatic type was issued from the village of Tetela del Oro y Ocampo in Puebla, most likely by the Zapatistas. There is also a large size version (20 mm diameter, KM 760) which is rather scarcer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-759.
- Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
- [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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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