Mexico 1873-Go S 25 centavos

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9082

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1870-90 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 9082 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $402.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1873-GoS. NGC MS-65."

Specification: 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: 120,000.

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.
• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• ^[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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• 1873-D^O 25 centavos
• 1873-M^O 25 centavos
• 1873-P^I 25 centavos
• 1873-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1873-G^O 50 centavos
• 1873-P^I 50 centavos
• 1873-A 8 reales
• 1873-C 8 reales
• 1873-C^A 8 reales
• 1873-D^O CM 8 reales
• 1873-D^O CP 8 reales
• 1873-G^A 8 reales
• 1873-G^O 8 reales
• 1873-H^O 8 reales
• 1873-M^O 8 reales
• 1873-O^A 8 reales
• 1873-P^I 8 reales
• 1873-CH silver peso
• 1873-G^A silver peso
• 1873-G^O silver peso
• 1873-M^O silver peso
• 1876-C^N peso oro
• 1873-M^O peso oro
• 1873-Z^S 2½ pesos
• 1873-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1876-C^N 5 pesos
• 1873-D^O 10 pesos
• 1873-O^A 10 pesos
• 1873-H^O 8 escudos
• 1873-G^O 20 pesos
• 1874-C^N 25 centavos
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