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[[Image:Mexico 1885Pi 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Big Orange collection]]
 
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This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1869-90 at the San Luis Potosi mint, which closed in 1893. An overdate, 1885/4, is listed for the year. 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.  
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This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1869-90 at the San Luis Potosí mint, which closed in 1893. An overdate, 1885/4, is listed for the year. 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.  
  
 
''Specification:'' 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.
 
''Specification:'' 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Revision as of 11:02, 2 June 2023

File:Mexico 1885Pi 25 centavos obv WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection
File:Mexico 1885Pi 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1869-90 at the San Luis Potosí mint, which closed in 1893. An overdate, 1885/4, is listed for the year. 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.

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

Recorded mintage: 43,000.

Catalog reference: KM 406.8.

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.

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