Mexico 1882-Mo M 25 centavos

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9113

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1869-90 at the Mexico City 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. This specimen was lot 9113 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $184. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Mexico City. 25 Centavos, 1882-MoM. NGC MS-63."

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

Recorded mintage: 212,000.

Catalog reference: KM 406.7.

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.
• ^[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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• 1882-A^S 8 reales
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• 1882-M^O 8 reales
• 1882-O^A 8 reales
• 1882-P^I 8 reales
• 1882-Z^S 8 reales
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