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[[Image:Mexico 1861Ga medio obv Ponterio 159-8146.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 159, lot 8146]]
 
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[[Image:Mexico 1861Ga medio real obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen was lot 8146 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $460. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Guadalajara. 1/2 Real, 1861-GaJG. NGC MS-65."  This specimen was struck at the Guadalajara mint in 1861, perhaps the most common date of a type struck there 1825-62. Assayer JG is listed for 1842-62.
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The first specimen was lot 8146 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $460. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Guadalajara. 1/2 Real, 1861-GaJG. NGC MS-65."  This specimen was struck at the Guadalajara mint in 1861, perhaps the most common date of a type struck there 1825-62. Assayer JG is listed for 1842-62.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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* [[Jalisco 1861 1/16 real]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1861 1/16 real]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1861 1/8 real]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1861 1/8 real]]
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* [[Tancitaro 1861 1/8 real]]
 
* [[Sinaloa 1861 1/4 real|Sinaloa 1861 ¼ real]]
 
* [[Sinaloa 1861 1/4 real|Sinaloa 1861 ¼ real]]
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* [[Sinaloa 1861 1/4 real KM-Pn82|Sinaloa 1861 pattern ¼ real]]
 
* [[Sonora 1861 1/4 real|Sonora 1861 ¼ real]]
 
* [[Sonora 1861 1/4 real|Sonora 1861 ¼ real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo LR 1/4 real|1861-M<sup>O</sup> ¼ real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo LR 1/4 real|1861-M<sup>O</sup> ¼ real]]
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* [[Mexico 1861-C PV real|1861-C real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-C PV real|1861-C real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo CH real|1861-M<sup>O</sup> real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo CH real|1861-M<sup>O</sup> real]]
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* [[Mexico 1861-Zs VL real|1861-Z<sup>S</sup> real]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-C PV 2 reales|1861-C 2 reales]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-C PV 2 reales|1861-C 2 reales]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo CH 2 reales|1861-M<sup>O</sup> 2 reales]]
 
* [[Mexico 1861-Mo CH 2 reales|1861-M<sup>O</sup> 2 reales]]
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* return to [[Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905]]
 
* return to [[Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905]]
  
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[[Category:Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 159]]
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[[Category:Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 159]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Latest revision as of 12:59, 3 April 2026

Ponterio sale 159, lot 8146
Mexico 1861Ga medio rev Ponterio 159-8146.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 1861Ga medio real rev DSLR.jpg

The first specimen was lot 8146 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $460. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guadalajara. 1/2 Real, 1861-GaJG. NGC MS-65." This specimen was struck at the Guadalajara mint in 1861, perhaps the most common date of a type struck there 1825-62. Assayer JG is listed for 1842-62.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 370.5.

Source:

  • 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 Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
  • Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
  • [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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