On the Gold Pesos of Mexico

Date	Mo	Go	Cn	Zs	As	Ho	Ca
1870	C	S	-	-	-	-	-
1871	M/C	S	-	-	-	-	-
1872	M/C	-	-	H	-	-	-
1873	M	-	P	-	-	-	-
1874	M	-	-	-	-	-	-
1875	B/M	-	P	A	-	R	-
1876	B/M	-	-	-	-	F	-
1877	M	-	-	-	-	-	-
1878	M	-	G	S	-	-	-
1879	M	-	D	-	-	-	-
1880	M	-	-	-	-	-	-
1881	M	-	D	-	-	-	-
1882	M	-	D	-	-	-	-
1883	M	-	D	-	-	-	-
1884	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1885	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1886	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1887	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1888	M	R	M	Z	L	G/M	M
1889	M	-	M	Z	-	-	-
1890	M	R	-	Z	-	-	-
1891	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1892	M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1893	M	-	M	-	-	-	-
1894	M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1895	B, M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1896	B, M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1897	M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1898	M	R	M	-	-	-	-
1899	M	R	Q	-	-	-	-
1900	M	R	-	-	-	-	-
1901	M	-	Q	-	-	-	-
1902	M	-	Q/C	-	-	-	-
1903	M	-	-	-	-	-	-
1904	M	-	H	-	-	-	-
1905	M	-	P?	-	-	-	-

The accompanying table lists the known assayers for each date of the gold peso. Mexico City is the only mint which issued this type consistently. Guanajuato, Zacatecas and Culiacan produced enough to making finding those mints fairly easy. Alamos, Chihuahua and Hermosillo are all very rare.

Sources:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

Links:

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