Mexico 1833/2-Mo MJ/JM 2 reales

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 73139

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This specimen was part of lot 73139 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $512.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Sextet of 2 Reales (6 Pieces), 1833-55. Mexico City Mint. Grade Range: FINE to VERY FINE. 1) 1833/2-Mo MJ. 2) 1836-Mo MF. 3) 1848-Mo GC. 4) 1849-Mo GC. 5) 1852-Mo GC. 6) 1855-Mo GC. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors." Shown is an 1833-M^O MJ 2 reales, one of a type struck at the Mexico City mint 1825-37, 1840-42, 1847-63, 1867-68 with assayer MJ listed for 1833 only. Assayer ML also stamped coins in 1833 but does not seem to have issued two reales. The SCWC lists this as a common date. Other mints include Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Alamos, Hermosillo, Potosi, Culiacan, Chihuahua, Durango, Guadalajara, Estado de Mexico, Real de Catorce and Guadalupe y Calvo. Only Oaxaca did not strike this type. This type, legal tender in the pre Civil War United States for a quarter, is common except in uncirculated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-374.10.

Source:

• Busse, Dave, A Minor Challenge: A Study of Mexican Republic Silver ¼, ½, 1, 2 and 4 Reales Die Styles,, Harlingen, TX: 2018.
• 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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• 1833-M^O MJ 8 reales
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• 1833-P^I 8 reales
• 1833-Z^S 8 reales
• 1833-D^O ½ escudo
• 1833-M^O ½ escudo
• 1833-D^O escudo
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