Mexico 1884/3-Do C 25 centavos

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a scarce date of a series struck 1873-90 at the Durango mint. The SCWC records no regular date. 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.

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

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM 406.3.

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.

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• 1883-A 25 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-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-A^S 50 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-M^O 25 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1884
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