Mexico 1881-Go S 25 centavos

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Ponterio sale 159, lot 9087
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
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from the Big Orange collection
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from the Big Orange collection
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another specimen from the Big Orange collection
File:Mexico 1881GoS 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1870-90 at the Guanajuato 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. This specimen was lot 9087 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011) where it sold for $287.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Guanajuato. 25 Centavos, 1881-GoS. Lightly toned. NGC MS-65."

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

Recorded mintage: 408,000.

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.
  • Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
  • [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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