Mexico 1858-Go PF 8 reales

Stack's Bowers February 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74657

This specimen was lot 74657 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1858-Go PF. Guanajuato Mint. NGC MS-63. An eye-appealing example of the type, exhibiting smooth full luster and a touch of toning throughout." This issue of the Guanajuato mint is a common date as is the 1858/7 overdate. Assayer PF is listed for 1848-61.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-377.8; DP-Go42.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• 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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