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[[Image:Mexico 1880Go 25 centavos Ponterio 159-9086 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 159, lot 9086]]
 
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Revision as of 22:07, 26 February 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 1880Go 25 centavos rev DSL.jpg
close up of the date
Ponterio sale 159, lot 9086
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
File:Mexico 1880Go 25 centavos obv WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection
File:Mexico 1880Go 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a better 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 second specimen was lot 9086 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1880-GoS. NGC MS-65."

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

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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