Mexico 1880-A L 25 centavos

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Ponterio sale 159, lot 9044
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
File:Mexico 1880A 25 centavos obv WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection
File:Mexico 1880A 25 centavos rev WmC.jpg
from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1874-90 at the Alamos mint, which closed in 1895. The SCWC notes varieties with and without dot after the date but prices them the same. The Alamos mint used "A" as a mintmark until 1887, when it was changed to "As." 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 9044 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $149.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Alamos. 25 Centavos, 1880-AL. With dot after date. Lightly toned and very attractive. NGC AU-55."

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

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM 406.

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.
  • [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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