Mexico 1887-Cn M 25 centavos

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a fairly common date of a series struck 1871-92 at the Culiacan mint, which closed in 1905. 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: 32,000.

Catalog reference: KM 406.2.

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:

• 1886-C^N M 25 centavos
• 1887-M^O centavo
• 1887-A^S 5 centavos
• 1887-C^A 5 centavos
• 1887-C^N 5 centavos
• 1887-G^O 5 centavos
• 1887-M^O 5 centavos
• 1887-P^I 5 centavos
• 1887-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1887-C^A 10 centavos
• 1887-C^N 10 centavos
• 1887-D^O 10 centavos
• 1887-H^O 10 centavos
• 1887-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1887-A^S 25 centavos
• 1887-C^A 25 centavos
• 1887-G^O 25 centavos
• 1887-H^O 25 centavos
• 1887-M^O 25 centavos
• 1887-P^I 25 centavos
• 1887-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1887-C^A 50 centavos
• 1887-C^N 50 centavos
• 1887-D^O 50 centavos
• 1887-G^O 50 centavos
• 1887-M^O 50 centavos
• 1887-P^I 50 centavos
• 1887-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1887-A^S 8 reales
• 1887-C^A 8 reales
• 1887-D^O 8 reales
• 1887-G^A JS 8 reales
• 1887-G^O 8 reales
• 1887-H^O 8 reales
• 1887-M^O 8 reales
• 1887-O^A 8 reales
• 1887-P^I 8 reales
• 1887-Z^S 8 reales
• 1887-M^O gold peso
• 1887-M^O 2½ pesos
• 1887-G^O 5 pesos
• 1887-C^N 10 pesos
• 1887-Z^S 10 pesos
• 1887-M^O 20 pesos
• 1888-C^N 25 centavos
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