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[[Image:Mexico 1879Go 25 centavos Ponterio 159-9085 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 159, lot 9085]]
 
[[Image:Mexico 1879Go 25 centavos Ponterio 159-9085 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 159, lot 9085]]
 
[[Image:Mexico 1879Go 25 centavos Ponterio 159-9085 rev.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates]]
 
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[[Image:Mexico 1879Go 25 centavos obv WmC.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Big Orange collection]]
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This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1873-92 at the Guanajuato mint, which closed in 1900. 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. The first specimen was lot 9085 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1879-GoS. NGC MS-64."
 
This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1873-92 at the Guanajuato mint, which closed in 1900. 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. The first specimen was lot 9085 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1879-GoS. NGC MS-64."
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* [[Mexico 1879-Mo M 5 centavos|1879-M<sup>O</sup> 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Mo M 5 centavos|1879-M<sup>O</sup> 5 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1879-Pi H 5 centavos|1879-P<sup>I</sup> 5 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1879-Zs S 5 centavos|1879-Z<sup>S</sup> 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-As L 10 centavos|1879-A<sup>S</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-As L 10 centavos|1879-A<sup>S</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Do B 10 centavos|1879-D<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Do B 10 centavos|1879-D<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1879-Go S 10 centavos|1879-G<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Ho A 10 centavos|1879-H<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Ho A 10 centavos|1879-H<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1879-Mo M 10 centavos|1879-M<sup>O</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Pi H 10 centavos|1879-P<sup>I</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Pi H 10 centavos|1879-P<sup>I</sup> 10 centavos]]
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* [[Mexico 1879-Zs S 10 centavos|1879-Z<sup>S</sup> 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-A L 25 centavos|1879-A 25 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-A L 25 centavos|1879-A 25 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Cn D 25 centavos|1879-C<sup>N</sup> 25 centavos]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1879-Pi H 25 centavos|1879-P<sup>I</sup> H 25 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Zs S 25 centavos|1879-Z<sup>S</sup> 25 centavos]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1879-Pi H 50 centavos|1879-P<sup>I</sup> 50 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Zs S 50 centavos|1879-Z<sup>S</sup> 50 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-Zs S 50 centavos|1879-Z<sup>S</sup> 50 centavos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1879-As DL 8 reales|1879-A<sup>S</sup> DL 8 reales]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1879-Mo M 20 pesos|1879-M<sup>O</sup> 20 pesos]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1880-Go S 25 centavos|1880-G<sup>O</sup> 25 centavos]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1879]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1879]]
 
* 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 Ponterio sale 159]][[Category:Selections from the Big Orange Collection]]
 
[[Category:Silver minors of Mexico]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 159]][[Category:Selections from the Big Orange Collection]]

Revision as of 14:45, 3 April 2026

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9085
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
from the Big Orange collection
from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1873-92 at the Guanajuato mint, which closed in 1900. 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. The first specimen was lot 9085 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1879-GoS. NGC MS-64."

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM 406.5.

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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