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This specimen was lot 11115 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $588. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. War of Independence Guadalajara. 8 Reales, 1822/1-FS. Scarce date. Nice strike, attractively toned. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." The Guadalajara mint was the most prolific branch mint during the War of Independence and the only one which minted gold. This coin was struck after independence but before the new coin designs were ready. The SCWC awards no premium to the overdate.
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This specimen was lot 11115 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $588. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. War of Independence Guadalajara. 8 Reales, 1822/1-FS. Scarce date. Nice strike, attractively toned. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." The Guadalajara mint was the most prolific branch mint during the War of Independence and the only one which minted gold. This coin was struck after independence but before the new coin designs were ready. The SCWC awards no premium to the overdate. Assayer FS operated 1818-36.
 
   
 
   
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.  
 
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* [[Mexico 1822-Mo JM 8 reales KM-309|1822 Iturbide 8 reales, "AUGUSTINUS", "CONSTITUT·" on right]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1822-Mo JM 8 scudos]]
 
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* [[Mexico 1825-Ga FS 8 reales|1825-G<sup>A</sup> 8 reales]]  
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* [[Mexico 1825-Ga FS 8 reales|1825-G<sup>A</sup> cap and ray 8 reales]]  
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1822]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1822]]
 
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]
 
* return to [[Mexican colonial coinage, 1536-1822]]
  
 
[[Category: Bust Coinage]][[Category:Silver pesos of Mexico]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 169]]
 
[[Category: Bust Coinage]][[Category:Silver pesos of Mexico]][[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 169]]

Revision as of 16:31, 28 February 2024

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11115
Mexico 1822Ga 8 reales rev Ponterio 169-11115.jpg

This specimen was lot 11115 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $588. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. War of Independence Guadalajara. 8 Reales, 1822/1-FS. Scarce date. Nice strike, attractively toned. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." The Guadalajara mint was the most prolific branch mint during the War of Independence and the only one which minted gold. This coin was struck after independence but before the new coin designs were ready. The SCWC awards no premium to the overdate. Assayer FS operated 1818-36.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 27.07 grams, .896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16062 (overdate), KM-111.3.

Sources:

  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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