Mexico 1892-Zs FZ 8 reales

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2815

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2815 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $391. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Zacatecas. 8 Reales, 1892-ZsFZ. PCGS MS-64." The Zacatecas mint struck eight reales 1825-97 and is one of the abundant mints for that denomination; this date is common in all grades. An 1892/1 overdate is recorded.

Recorded mintage: 4,238,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-377.13; DP-Zs78.

Source:

• Dunigan, Mike, and J. B. Parker, Resplandores: Cap and Ray 8 Reales of The Republic of Mexico, 1823-1897, Beverly Hills, CA: Superior Stamp & Coin, 1997.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• 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 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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• 1891-O^A 8 reales
• 1891-Z^S 8 reales
• 1892-M^O centavo
• 1892-G^A 5 centavos
• 1892-G^O 5 centavos
• 1892-M^O 5 centavos
• 1892-P^I 5 centavos
• 1892-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1892-A^S 10 centavos
• 1892-C^A 10 centavos
• 1892-D^O D 10 centavos
• 1892-D^O P 10 centavos
• 1892-G^A 10 centavos
• 1892-G^O 10 centavos
• 1892-H^O 10 centavos
• 1892-M^O 10 centavos
• 1892-P^I 10 centavos
• 1892-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1892-C^N 25 centavos
• 1892-C^N 50 centavos
• 1892-A^S 8 reales
• 1892-C^A 8 reales
• 1892-C^N 8 reales
• 1892-D^O JP 8 reales
• 1892-D^O ND 8 reales
• 1892-G^A 8 reales
• 1892-G^O 8 reales
• 1892-H^O 8 reales
• 1892-M^O 8 reales
• 1892-O^A 8 reales
• 1892-P^I 8 reales
• 1892-C^N peso oro
• 1892-G^O peso oro
• 1892-M^O peso oro
• 1892-M^O M 5 pesos
• 1892-Z^S 5 pesos
• 1892-M^O M 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1892
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