Mexico 1851-GC MP real

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73214

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 73214 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Real, 1851-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. NGC VF-35. A SCARCE type, this piece features some charming cabinet toning and mild, even wear. Solid overall strike for the type." This date was struck at the Guadalupe y Calvo mint in 1850. This mint struck silver and gold coins 1844-52, with one 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: 3.38 g, .903 fine silver, .047 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 372.5.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• 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.

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• 1850-GC MP real
• 1850-P^I real
• 1850-Z^S real
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• 1851-G^O ¼ real
• 1851-SLP^I ¼ real
• 1851-G^A ½ real
• 1851-GC ½ real
• 1851-G^O ½ real
• 1851-M^O ½ real
• 1851-Z ½ real
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• 1851-Z^S real
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• 1851-G^O 4 reales
• 1851-Z^S 4 reales
• 1851-C 8 reales
• 1851-C^A 8 reales
• 1851-D^O 8 reales
• 1851-G^A 8 reales
• 1851-GC 8 reales
• 1851-G^O 8 reales
• 1851-M^O 8 reales
• 1851-P^I 8 reales
• 1851-D^O ½ escudo
• 1851-GC ½ escudo
• 1851-G^O ½ escudo
• 1851-M^O ½ escudo
• 1851-D^O escudo
• "1851-GC" escudo (counterfeit)
• 1851-G^O escudo
• 1851-G^O 4 escudos
• 1851-C 8 escudos
• 1851-C^A 8 escudos
• 1851-D^O 8 escudos
• 1851-G^A 8 escudos
• 1851-GC 8 escudos
• 1851-G^O 8 escudos
• 1851-M^O 8 escudos
• 1852-C real
• Coins and currency dated 1851
• return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
• On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint