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Revision as of 17:00, 28 February 2024
This specimen was lot 73217 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1846-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. NGC AU-53. Great detail and only minor, honest wear highlight this charming and VERY RARE example, the only specimen for the date in the NCG census. An excellent opportunity for a difficult issue. Ex: Richard Ponterio Collection." This date was struck at the Guadalupe y Calvo mint in 1846. This mint struck silver and gold coins 1844-52, with half reals recorded for 1844-51. The issues of Guadalupe y Calvo are the third rarest mint after Estado de Mexico and Hermosillo.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 370.6.
- Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
- Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
Link to:
- 1845-GC MP ½ real
- 1845-GO ½ real
- 1845-MO ½ real
- 1846-GA ½ real
- 1846-MO ½ real
- 1846-ZS ½ real
- 1846-GC real
- 1846-GO real
- 1846-ZS real
- 1846-DO 2 reales
- 1846-GC 2 reales
- 1846-GA 4 reales
- 1846-GC 4 reales
- 1846-GO 4 reales
- 1846-ZS 4 reales
- 1846-C 8 reales
- 1846-CA 8 reales
- 1846-Do 8 reales
- 1846-GA 8 reales
- 1846-GC 8 reales
- 1846-GO 8 reales
- 1846-MO 8 reales
- 1846-Pi 8 reales
- 1846-GC ½ escudo
- 1846-MO ½ escudo
- 1846-MO escudo
- 1846-Ca 8 escudos
- 1846-DO 8 escudos
- 1846-GO 8 escudos
- 1846-MO 8 escudos
- 1847-GC MP ½ real
- Coins and currency dated 1846
- return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
- On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint