Mexico 1893-Cn AM 8 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 23388

This specimen was lot 23388 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1893-CnAM. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck and lustrous with light attractive tone." The Culiacan mint struck eight reales until 1897 and closed in 1905, the last branch mint, along with Zacatecas, to do so. This date is common.

Recorded mintage: 1,144,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.3; DP-Cn55.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
• 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.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

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• 1892-A^S 8 reales
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• 1893-G^A 5 centavos
• 1893-G^O 5 centavos
• 1893-H^O 5 centavos
• 1893-M^O 5 centavos
• 1893-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1893-C^A 10 centavos
• 1893-D^O 10 centavos
• 1893-P^I 10 centavos
• 1893-A^S 8 reales
• 1893-D^O 8 reales
• 1893-G^A 8 reales
• 1893-G^O 8 reales
• 1893-H^O 8 reales
• 1893-M^O 8 reales
• 1893-O^A 8 reales
• 1893-P^I 8 reales
• 1893-Z^S 8 reales
• 1893-C^N peso oro
• 1893-M^O peso oro
• 1893-C^N 2½ pesos
• 1893-M^O 5 pesos
• 1893-C^N 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1892
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