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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB1025-71076o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 71076]]<br />
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This specimen was lot 71076 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. 5 Centavos, 1895-As L. Alamos Mint. NGC MS-65. Rare condition for this scarcer mint. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors." The Alamos mint struck silver five centavos 1874-80, 1886-95 and is accounted a scarcer mint compared to Zacatecas or Guanajuato. Assayer ML (shown here as "L") operated from 1879 until the mint closed in 1895.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000, a common date for the mint.<br />
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''Specification:'' 1.35 g, 0.903 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, reeded edge. <br />
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''Catalog reference:'' KM-398.<br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.<br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[Mexico 1893-As L 5 centavos|1893-A<sup>S</sup> 5 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo centavo|1895-M<sup>O</sup> centavo]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ca M 5 centavos|1895-C<sup>A</sup> 5 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo M 5 centavos|1895-M<sup>O</sup> 5 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Zs Z 5 centavos|1895-Z<sup>S</sup> 5 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Do D 10 centavos|1895-D<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ga S 10 centavos|1895-G<sup>A</sup> 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Go R 10 centavos|1895-G<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo M 10 centavos|1895-M<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Zs Z 10 centavos|1895-Z<sup>S</sup> 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ho G 50 centavos|1895-H<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-As ML 8 reales|1895-A<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Cn AM 8 reales|1895-C<sup>N</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ca MM 8 reales|1895-C<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Do ND 8 reales|1895-D<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ho FG 8 reales|1895-H<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Ga JS 8 reales|1895-G<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Go RS 8 reales|1895-G<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo AM 8 reales|1895-M<sup>O</sup> AM 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo AB 8 reales|1895-M<sup>O</sup> AB 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Zs FZ 8 reales|1895-Z<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Cn M peso|1895-C<sup>N</sup> gold peso]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Go R peso|1895-G<sup>O</sup> gold peso]] <br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo B peso|1895-M<sup>O</sup> B gold peso]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Mo M peso|1895-M<sup>O</sup> M gold peso]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Cn M 20 pesos|1895-C<sup>N</sup> 20 pesos]]<br />
* [[Mexico 1895-Go R 20 pesos|1895-G<sup>O</sup> 20 pesos]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1895]]<br />
* return to [[Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905]]<br />
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