Mexico 1885-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, which closed in 1895. The SCWC records an 1885-Do C/S variety for the 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: 15,000.

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.

Link to:

• 1884-D^O 25 centavos
• 1885-C^N 10 centavos
• 1885-G^O 10 centavos
• 1885-H^O 10 centavos
• 1885-M^O 10 centavos
• 1885-P^I C 10 centavos
• 1885-P^I H 10 centavos
• 1885-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1885-A 25 centavos
• 1885-CH 25 centavos
• 1885-C^N 25 centavos
• 1885-G^O 25 centavos
• 1885-H^O 25 centavos
• 1885-M^O 25 centavos
• 1885-P^I H 25 centavos
• 1885-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1885-A^S 50 centavos
• 1885-CH^A 50 centavos
• 1885-C^N 50 centavos
• 1885-G^O 50 centavos
• 1885-M^O 50 centavos
• 1885-P^I H 50 centavos
• 1885-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1885-A^S 8 reales
• 1885-C^A 8 reales
• 1885-C 8 reales
• 1885-C^N 8 reales
• 1885-D^O MC 8 reales
• 1885-D^O JB 8 reales
• 1885-G^A AH 8 reales
• 1885-G^A JS 8 reales
• 1885-G^O 8 reales
• 1885-H^O 8 reales
• 1885-M^O 8 reales
• 1885-O^A 8 reales
• 1885-P^I MH 8 reales
• 1885-P^I LC 8 reales
• 1885-Z^S 8 reales
• 1885-C^N gold peso
• 1885-M^O gold peso
• 1885-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1885-A^S 10 pesos
• 1885-M^O 20 pesos
• 1886-D^O 25 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1885
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