Mexico 1877-Ho AF 8 reales

Ponterio sale 152, lot 6362

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen was lot 6362 in Ponterio sale 155 (Baltimore, November 2010), where it sold for $402.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Hermosillo. 8 Reales, 1877-AF. Sharply struck. CHOICE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED." The Hermosillo mint struck eight reales 1861-95 and most of the dates from 1874 on are fairly common. The 1877-HoAF is common but the 1877-HoGR is rare.

Recorded mintage: 410,000 (all assayers).

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 377.9, DP-Ho19.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, The November 2010 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2010.
• 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.

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• 1876-H^O 8 reales
• 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-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1877-A 25 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-A^S 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-A^S 8 reales
• 1877-C^A AV 8 reales
• 1877-C^A EA 8 reales
• 1877-C^A GR 8 reales
• 1877-C^N CG 8 reales
• 1877-C^N 8 reales
• 1877-D^O JMP 8 reales
• 1877-D^O CP 8 reales
• 1877-G^A IC 8 reales
• 1877-G^A JA 8 reales
• 1877-G^O 8 reales
• 1877-H^O GR 8 reales
• 1877-H^O JA 8 reales
• 1877-M^O 8 reales
• 1877-O^A 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-H^O A 5 pesos
• 1877-Z^S 5 pesos
• 1877-D^O 10 pesos
• 1877-M^O 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1877
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