Mexico 1904-Cn RP peso

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72701

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 72701 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $587.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1904-CnRP. NGC MS-63. Key date. Sharply struck with attractive luster." This date is known from Culiacan (shown here and with assayer MH), Mexico City and Zacatecas. The 1904-Cn MH peso is common, the 1904-Cn RP is quite scarce.

Recorded mintage: 1,554,000 (assayer MH and RP).

Specification: 27.07 g, .903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-409.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Links to:

• 1903-C^N FV peso
• 1903-C^N JQ peso
• 1904-Z^S FM silver peso
• 1904-Zs peso
• 1904-C centavo
• 1904-Cn 5 centavos
• 1904-M^O 5 centavos
• 1904-M^O 10 centavos
• 1904-Cn 20 centavos
• 1904-Zs 20 centavos
• 1904-C^N MH silver peso
• 1904-Z^S FM silver peso
• 1904-Zs silver peso
• 1904-M^O peso oro
• 1904-M^O 5 pesos
• 1904-M^O 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1904
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905