Mexico 1888-As L 50 centavos
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Shown is a balance scale fifty centavos, of a type struck 1869-1895. This issue from Alamos is so rare that for many years it was listed in the SCWC as a counterfeit. This specimen was lot 9142 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $12,650. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Alamos. 50 Centavos, 1888-AsL. Extremely rare and the only example that we know of. Probably UNIQUE. Nice strike. NGC AU-50.”
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: KM 407.
- 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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- 1888-MO centavo
- 1888-AS 5 centavos
- 1888-CA 5 centavos
- 1888-CN 5 centavos
- 1888-DO 5 centavos
- 1888-GA 5 centavos
- 1888-GO 5 centavos
- 1888-MO 5 centavos
- 1888-PI 5 centavos
- 1888-ZS 5 centavos
- 1888-CA 10 centavos
- 1888-DO 10 centavos
- 1888-GA 10 centavos
- 1888-GO 10 centavos
- 1888-MO 10 centavos
- 1888-AS 25 centavos
- 1888-CA 25 centavos
- 1888-CN 25 centavos
- 1888-DO 25 centavos
- 1888-GO 25 centavos
- 1888-HO 25 centavos
- 1888-MO 25 centavos
- 1888-PI 25 centavos
- 1888-ZS 25 centavos
- 1888-CN 50 centavos
- 1888-HO 50 centavos
- 1888-MO 50 centavos
- 1888-AS 8 reales
- 1888-CA 8 reales
- 1888-CN 8 reales
- 1888-GA 8 reales
- 1888-GO 8 reales
- 1888-HO 8 reales
- 1888-MO 8 reales
- 1888-OA 8 reales
- 1888-PI 8 reales
- 1888-ZS 8 reales
- 1888-AS peso oro
- 1888-CA peso oro
- 1888-CN peso oro
- 1888-GO gold peso
- 1888-HO peso oro
- 1888-MO peso oro
- 1888-ZS gold peso
- 1888-AS 2½ pesos
- 1888-GO 2½ pesos
- 1888-HO 2½ pesos
- 1888-MO 2½ pesos
- 1888-CA 5 pesos
- 1888-MO 5 pesos
- 1888-CN 10 pesos
- 1888-ZS 10 pesos
- 1888-MO 20 pesos
- Coins and currency dated 1888
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