View source for Mexico 1880/79-Mo M 2 1/2 pesos

[[Image:Mexico 1880Mo 2-5 pesos obv Heritage 3024-25144.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3024, lot 25144]]
[[Image:Mexico 1880Mo 2-5 pesos rev Heritage 3024-25144.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 25144 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold 2 1/2 Pesos 1880/79 Mo-M, AU, soft honey-golden colored with gleaming fields. A well struck example of this extremely scarce overdate variety." This type was struck at [[Mexico]] City 1870-92. The type is also recorded from Culiacan, Durango, Guanajuato, Alamos, Hermosillo and Zacatecas but Mexico City is by far the most prolific issuer. The SCWC does not list a normal date for the year. The series, never popular, ended in 1893. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 4.23 g, 0.875 fine gold, .119 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-153, KM-411.5. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013. 
* 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 2 1/2 pesos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 2½ pesos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1880]]
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