Mexico 1850-GC MP real

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 21188

This date was struck at the Guadalupe y Calvo mint in 1850. This mint struck silver and gold coins 1844-52, with one reals recorded for 1844-51. The issues of Guadalupe y Calvo are the third rarest mint after Estado de Mexico and Hermosillo. The first specimen was lot 21188 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Real, 1850-GC MP. Guadelupe y Calvo Mint. NGC AU-53. Rather difficult to encounter in better states of preservation, the present specimen offers a handsome steel gray tone with some underlying radiance poking through from beneath. Scarcely circulated or handled, this example should entice the advanced collector of Mexican minors."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver, .099 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 372.5.

Source:

• Busse, Dave, A Minor Challenge: A Study of Mexican Republic Silver ¼, ½, 1, 2 and 4 Reales Die Styles,, Harlingen, TX: 2018.
• 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.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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• 1849-GC 1 real
• 1850-M^O 1/8 real
• 1850-G^O ¼ real
• 1850-M^O ¼ real
• 1850-D^O RM ½ real
• 1850-D^O JMR ½ real
• 1850-G^A ½ real
• 1850-GC ½ real
• 1850-G^O ½ real
• 1850-M^O ½ real
• 1850-P^I ½ real
• 1850-Z ½ real
• 1850-C real
• 1850-D^O real
• 1850-G^A real
• 1850-G^O real
• 1850-M^O real
• 1850-P^I real
• 1850-Z^S real
• 1850-C 2 reales
• 1850-G^A 2 reales
• 1850-GC 2 reales
• 1850-G^O 2 reales
• 1850-M^O 2 reales
• 1850-P^I 2 reales
• 1850-Z^S 2 reales
• 1850-C 4 reales
• 1850-GC 4 reales
• 1850-G^O 4 reales
• 1850-M^O 4 reales
• 1850-P^I 4 reales
• 1850-Z^S 4 reales
• 1850-C 8 reales
• 1850-C^A 8 reales
• 1850-D^O 8 reales
• 1850-GC 8 reales
• 1850-G^O 8 reales
• 1850-M^O 8 reales
• 1850-P^I 8 reales
• 1850-Z^S 8 reales
• 1850-D^O ½ escudo
• 1850-M^O ½ escudo
• 1850-D^O escudo
• 1850-G^A 2 escudos
• 1850-C 8 escudos
• 1850-C^A 8 escudos
• 1850-D^O 8 escudos
• 1850-G^A 8 escudos
• 1850-GC 8 escudos
• 1850-G^O 8 escudos
• 1850-M^O 8 escudos
• 1851-GC MP real
• Coins and currency dated 1850
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
• On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint