Mexico 1849-GC MP 1/2 real
This specimen was lot 73218 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Real, 1849-GC MP. Guadalupe y Calvo Mint. NGC EF-45. A rather RARE date, this mildly handled minor is exceeded in the NGC census by just one example. A great opportunity for a difficult and highly desired issue." This date was struck at the Guadalupe y Calvo mint in 1846. This mint struck silver and gold coins 1844-52, with half 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: 1.69 g, .903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 370.6.
- 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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- 1847-GC ½ real
- 1849-GO ¼ real
- 1849/8-C ½ real
- 1849-GA ½ real
- 1849-GO ½ real
- 1849-GC real
- 1849-PI real
- 1849-DO 2 reales
- 1849-ZS 4 reales
- 1849-DO 8 reales
- 1849-GC 8 reales
- 1849-GO 8 reales
- 1849-PI AM 8 reales
- 1849-PI MC 8 reales
- 1849-PI PS 8 reales
- 1849-ZS 8 reales
- 1849-GO ½ escudo
- 1849-C escudo
- 1849-GA escudo
- 1849-GC escudo
- 1849-GO escudo
- 1849-GO 2 escudos
- 1849-C 8 escudos
- 1849-DO 8 escudos
- 1849-MO 8 escudos
- 1849-GC 8 escudos
- 1850-DO ½ real
- 1850-GA ½ real
- 1850-GO ½ real
- 1850-MO ½ real
- 1851-GC ½ real
- Coins and currency dated 1849
- return to Mexican imperial and republican coinage, 1822-1905
- On the coinage of the Guadalupe y Calvo mint
