Mexico 1877-A L 25 centavos

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9042

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1874-90 at the Alamos mint, which closed in 1895. The SCWC mentions a rare variety without the dot after the date. The Alamos mint used "A" as a mintmark until 1887, when it was changed to "As." This twenty-five centavos piece replaced the two reales struck since colonial times. It, in turn, was replaced by a smaller twenty centavos piece in 1898. This specimen was lot 9042 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $862.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Alamos. 25 Centavos, 1877-AL. VERY RARE date and possibly the finest known. Toned with underlying luster. EXTREMELY FINE."

Specification: 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: 11,000.

Catalog reference: KM 406.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.

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• 1877-G^A centavo
• 1877-M^O centavo
• 1877-P^I centavo
• 1877-D^O 5 centavos
• 1877-G^A 5 centavos
• 1877-G^O 5 centavos
• 1877-M^O 5 centavos
• 1877-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1877-G^A 10 centavos
• 1877-G^O 10 centavos
• 1877-P^I 10 centavos
• 1877-D^O 25 centavos
• 1877-G^O 25 centavos
• 1877-H^O 25 centavos
• 1877-M^O 25 centavos
• 1877-P^I 25 centavos
• 1877-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1877-C^N 50 centavos
• 1877-C^N 50 centavos
• 1877-D^O 50 centavos
• 1877-G^O 50 centavos
• 1877-H^O 50 centavos
• 1877-P^I 50 centavos
• 1877-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1877-C^A AV 8 reales
• 1877-C^A EA 8 reales
• 1877-C^A GR 8 reales
• 1877-C^N 8 reales
• 1877-D^O 8 reales
• 1877-G^A 8 reales
• 1877-G^O 8 reales
• 1877-H^O AF 8 reales
• 1877-H^O GR 8 reales
• 1877-H^O JA 8 reales
• 1877-M^O 8 reales
• 1877-P^I 8 reales
• 1877-Z^S 8 reales
• 1877-M^O peso oro
• 1877-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1877-D^O 5 pesos
• 1877-Z^S 5 pesos
• 1877-D^O 10 pesos
• 1877-M^O 20 pesos
• 1878-Do 25 centavos
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