Mexico 1879-Pi H 25 centavos

from the Big Orange collection

from the Big Orange collection

This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1869-90 at the San Luis Potosi mint. Assayer "H" is recorded for 1874-85; assayer “E” is also known for 1879 but is very rare. There is also an overdate, 1879/8-Pi H. 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.

Specification: 6.77 g, .903 fine silver, .196 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM 406.8.

Source:

• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.

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• 1879-M^O 5 centavos
• 1879-A^S 10 centavos
• 1879-D^O 10 centavos
• 1879-P^I 10 centavos
• 1879-A 25 centavos
• 1879-C^N 25 centavos
• 1879-D^O 25 centavos
• 1879-G^O 25 centavos
• 1879-H^O 25 centavos
• 1879-M^O 25 centavos
• 1879-Z^S 25 centavos
• 1879-D^O 50 centavos
• 1879-M^O 50 centavos
• 1879-Z^S 50 centavos
• 1879-A^S DL 8 reales
• 1879-A^S ML 8 reales
• 1879-C^N 8 reales
• 1879-D^O 8 reales
• 1879-G^O 8 reales
• 1879-H^O 8 reales
• 1879-O^A 8 reales
• 1879-Z^S 8 reales
• 1879-C^N gold peso
• 1879-M^O gold peso
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