Mexico 1884-As L 50 centavos

Goldberg sale 100, lot 2735

This specimen was lot 2735 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mexico. 50 Centavos, 1884-AS L. Balance scale. Very scarce date. Probably the finest example graded at NGC. NGC graded VF-30." Shown is a balance scale fifty centavos, of a type struck 1869-1895. This issue from Alamos is a rare date for the mint, which produced the type intermittently 1875-88. Other mints include Hermosillo, Mexico City, Durango, Culiacan, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Zacatecas and Potosi.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: 6,286.

Catalog reference: KM 407.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 100: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

Link to:

• 1883-Go 50 centavos
• 1884-CH M 10 centavos
• 1884-G^A B 10 centavos
• 1884-G^A H 10 centavos
• 1884-H^O A 10 centavos
• 1884-H^O M 10 centavos
• 1884-M^O M 10 centavos
• 1884-A 25 centavos
• 1884-C^N 25 centavos
• 1884-D^O 25 centavos
• 1884-G^O 25 centavos
• 1884-H^O 25 centavos
• 1884-G^A 25 centavos
• 1884-M^O 25 centavos
• 1884-P^I 25 centavos
• 1884-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1884-CHa 50 centavos
• 1884-D^O 50 centavos
• 1884-G^O 50 centavos
• 1884-M^O 50 centavos
• 1884-A^S 8 reales
• 1884-C^A 8 reales
• 1884-D^O 8 reales
• 1884-G^A AH 8 reales
• 1884-G^A TB 8 reales
• 1884-G^O BR 8 reales
• 1884-G^O RR 8 reales
• 1884-H^O 8 reales
• 1884-M^O 8 reales
• 1884-O^A 8 reales
• 1884-P^I 8 reales
• 1884-Z^S 8 reales
• 1884-C^N peso oro
• 1884-M^O peso oro
• 1884-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1884-A^S 10 pesos
• 1884-M^O 20 pesos
• 1885-A^S 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1884
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905