Mexico 1889-Ca MM 8 reales

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2735

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 2735 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $258.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Chihuahua. 8 Reales, 1889-CaMM. NGC MS-63." The Chihuahua mint struck eight reales 1831-95. Many of the early dates are rare but the 1889 is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 2,681,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.2; DP-Ca72.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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• 1888-C^A 8 reales
• 1889-H^O 5 centavos
• 1889-C^A 5 centavos
• 1889-M^O 5 centavos
• 1889-C^A 10 centavos
• 1889-C^N 10 centavos
• 1889-G^A 10 centavos
• 1889-G^O 10 centavos
• 1889-H^O 10 centavos
• 1889-O^A 10 centavos
• 1889-P^I 10 centavos
• 1889-A^S 25 centavos
• 1889-C^A 25 centavos
• 1889-C^N 25 centavos
• 1889-D^O 25 centavos
• 1889-G^A 25 centavos
• 1889-G^O 25 centavos
• 1889-H^O 25 centavos
• 1889-M^O 25 centavos
• 1889-P^I 25 centavos
• 1889-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1889-A^S 8 reales
• 1889-C^N 8 reales
• 1889-G^A 8 reales
• 1889-O^A 8 reales
• 1889-P^I 8 reales
• 1889-Z^S 8 reales
• 1889-Z^S gold peso
• 1889-M^O 10 pesos
• 1889-M^O 20 pesos
• 1890-C^N 8 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1889
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