Mexico 1849/8-C CE 1/2 real
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This specimen was lot 3774 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO: Republic, AR ½ real, 1849/8-C, assayer CE, a bit of a soft strike, but nicely toned, EF to About Unc." This is a slightly better date of a slightly better mint. No regular dates are believed to exist for 1849. The Culiacan mint struck half reales 1846-49, 1852-63 and 1867-69.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, .903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-370.2.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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- 1849-GO ¼ real
- 1849-GA ½ real
- 1849-GC MP 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
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- 1850-GA ½ real
- 1850-GO ½ real
- 1850-MO ½ real
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