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[[Image:Mexico 1882Do 25 centavos obv WmC.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Big Orange collection]]
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[[Image:Mexico 1881Pi 10 centavos Ponterio 159-8978 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 159, lot 8978]]
[[Image:Mexico 1882Do 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Big Orange collection]]
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[[Image:Mexico 1881Pi 10 centavos Ponterio 159-8978 rev.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates]]
  
This specimen is a scarce date of a series struck 1869-90 at the Durango mint. 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 rare date of a series struck 1869-93 at the San Luis Potosí mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the silver one real struck since colonial times. Several transitional designs were issued 1863-70, including one by the Maximilian regime, before settling on this type. It, in turn, was replaced by a ten centavos piece with a redesigned reverse in 1898. This specimen was lot 8978 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MEXICO. Potosi. 10 Centavos, 1881-PiH. VERY RARE date and exceptional condition. Nice strike, attractive. EXTREMELY FINE."
  
''Specification:'' 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
  
''Recorded mintage:'' 17,000.
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''Recorded mintage:'' 7,600.
  
''Catalog reference:'' KM 406.3.
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 403.9.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|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.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
* Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
 
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.  
  
 
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ho A 25 centavos|1881-Ho 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-As centavo|1881-A<sup>S</sup> centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1882 centavo|1882 centavo]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ga centavo|1881-G<sup>A</sup> centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1882 2 centavos|1882 2 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ho centavo|1881-H<sup>O</sup> centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1882 5 centavos|1882 5 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo centavo|1881-M<sup>O</sup> centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn D 10 centavos|1882-C<sup>N</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Zs centavo|1881-Z<sup>S</sup> centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1882/1-Go S 10 centavos|1882-G<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ga S 5 centavos|1881-G<sup>A</sup> 5 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Mo M 10 centavos|1882-M<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Go S 5 centavos|1881-G<sup>O</sup> 5 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Pi H 10 centavos|1882-P<sup>I</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 5 centavos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 5 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-A L 25 centavos|1882-A 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Zs S 5 centavos|1881-Z<sup>S</sup> 5 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn D 25 centavos|1882-C<sup>N</sup> D 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Cn D 10 centavos|1881-C<sup>N</sup> 10 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn M 25 centavos|1882-C<sup>N</sup> M 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ho A 10 centavos|1881-H<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ga S 25 centavos|1882-G<sup>A</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 10 centavos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Go S 25 centavos|1882-G<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-A L 25 centavos|1881-A 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ho A 25 centavos|1882-H<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881/0-Cn D 25 centavos|1881-C<sup>N</sup> 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Mo M 25 centavos|1882-M<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ga S 25 centavos|1881-G<sup>A</sup> 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Pi H 25 centavos|1882-P<sup>I</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Go S 25 centavos|1881-G<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Zs S 25 centavos|1882-Z<sup>S</sup> 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ho A 25 centavos|1881-H<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn D 50 centavos|1882-C<sup>N</sup> 50 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 25 centavos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Do C 50 centavos|1882-D<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Pi E 25 centavos|1881-P<sup>I</sup> E 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ho A 50 centavos|1882-H<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Pi H 25 centavos|1881-P<sup>I</sup> H 25 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882/1-Mo M 50 centavos|1882-M<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Cn D 50 centavos|1881-C<sup>N</sup> 50 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-As ML 8 reales|1882-A<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Do P 50 centavos|1881-D<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ca MG 8 reales|1882-C<sup>A</sup> MG 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Go S 50 centavos|1881-G<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ca MM 8 reales|1882-C<sup>A</sup> MM 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 50 centavos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 50 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn JD 8 reales|1882-C<sup>N</sup> JD 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-As ML 8 reales|1881-A<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn AM 8 reales|1882-C<sup>N</sup> AM 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ca MG 8 reales|1881-C<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Do JP 8 reales|1882-D<sup>O</sup> JP 8 reales]]  
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* [[Mexico 1881-C JD 8 reales|1881-C JD 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Do MC 8 reales|1882-D<sup>O</sup> MC 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Cn JD 8 reales|1881-C<sup>N</sup> JD 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ga FS 8 reales|1882-G<sup>A</sup> FS 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Do JP 8 reales|1881-D<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ga TB 8 reales|1882-G<sup>A</sup> TB 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ga FS 8 reales|1881-G<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Go SB 8 reales|1882-G<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Go SB 8 reales|1881-G<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Ho JA 8 reales|1882-H<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo MH 8 reales|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Mo MH 8 reales|1882-M<sup>O</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Oa AE 8 reales|1881-O<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Oa AE 8 reales|1882-O<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Pi MH 8 reales|1881-P<sup>I</sup> 8 reales]]  
* [[Mexico 1882-Pi MH 8 reales|1882-P<sup>I</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Zs JS 8 reales|1881-Z<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Zs JS 8 reales|1882-Z<sup>S</sup> 8 reales]]
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* [[Mexico 1881/0-Cn D peso|1881-C<sup>N</sup> peso oro]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Cn D peso|1882-C<sup>N</sup> peso oro]]
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* [[Mexico 1881/71-Mo M peso|1881-M<sup>O</sup> peso oro]]
* [[Mexico 1882/72-Mo M peso|1882-M<sup>O</sup> peso oro]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 2 1/2 pesos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 2½ pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Do C 10 pesos|1882-D<sup>O</sup> 10 pesos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881/0-Mo M 5 pesos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 5 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1882/1-Zs S 10 pesos|1882-Z<sup>S</sup> 10 pesos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881/79-Do P 10 pesos|1881-D<sup>O</sup> 10 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1882/1-Mo M 20 pesos|1882-M<sup>O</sup> 20 pesos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Ho A 10 pesos|1881-H<sup>O</sup> 10 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1882-Go S 20 pesos|1882-G<sup>O</sup> 20 pesos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Oa E 10 pesos|1881-O<sup>A</sup> 10 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1883-A L 25 centavos|1883-A 25 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1881-Mo M 20 pesos|1881-M<sup>O</sup> 20 pesos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1882]]
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* [[Mexico 1882-Pi H 10 centavos|1882-Pi H 10 centavos]]  
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1881]]
 
* return to [[Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905]]
 
* return to [[Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905]]
  
[[Category:Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category:Selections from the Big Orange Collection]]
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[[Category: Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 159]][[Category: Silver dimes of the world]]

Latest revision as of 09:35, 15 July 2025

Ponterio sale 159, lot 8978
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen is a rare date of a series struck 1869-93 at the San Luis Potosí mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the silver one real struck since colonial times. Several transitional designs were issued 1863-70, including one by the Maximilian regime, before settling on this type. It, in turn, was replaced by a ten centavos piece with a redesigned reverse in 1898. This specimen was lot 8978 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Potosi. 10 Centavos, 1881-PiH. VERY RARE date and exceptional condition. Nice strike, attractive. EXTREMELY FINE."

Specification: 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Recorded mintage: 7,600.

Catalog reference: KM 403.9.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.

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