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Cinco Picos MEXICO Balance Scale Peso Mint Type Set

Category:  World Coins
Owner:  Cinco Picos
Last Modified:  11/29/2012
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Slot: Zacatecas Mint - Zs
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1871ZS H
Grade: NGC MS 62
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Owner Comments
Beautiful pale blue and golden tones over very lustrous surfaces.
Only 5 coins graded by NGC with 1 higher at MS63.
Slot: Zacatecas Mint - Zs
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1872ZS H
Grade: NGC AU 55
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Slot: Guadalajara Mint - Ga - CHOPMARKED
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1872GA C
Grade: NGC AU Details
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Owner Comments
A choice example of a chopmarked Balance Scale Peso. This also is a very scarce Date & Mint, 1872 Guadalajara, in very high grade. R9 on a scale of 10.
Slot: Guanajuato Mint - Go - CHOPMARKED
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1873GO S
Grade: NGC AU Details
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Owner Comments
A beautiful chopmarked BU Balance Scale Peso.


Slot: Oaxaca Mint - Oa - Small 'A' variety
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1870OA E SMALL A
Grade: NGC XF Details
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Owner Comments
This is the Small A variety.
Slot: Zacatecas Mint - Zs
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1870ZS H
Grade: NGC AU 55
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Slot: Oaxaca Mint - Oa - Medium 'A' variety
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1871OA E LARGE A
Grade: NGC AU Details
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Owner Comments
This is the Medium A variety. Larry Hanks was one of the first to recognize this variety. Catalogs recognize the Small A & Large A. I have never seen an example listed as Medium but here it is and it does exist. The slab has it noted as a Large A.
Slot: Guanajuato Mint - Go
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1873GO S
Grade: NGC MS 62
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Owner Comments
Only 4 coins graded MS62 with 1 finer at MS63.
Slot: Guadalajara Mint - Ga
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1872GA C
Grade: NGC AU 55
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Owner Comments
This is a very scarce date and RARE in high grade.
Only 3 total graded by NGC with 1 higher. None in MS.
Slot: Durango Mint - Do Pt Variety - Medal Axis
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1872DO PT COIN ALIGNMENT
Grade: NGC XF Details
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Owner Comments
This is the first Balance Scale peso I have seen with a Medal Axis. On top of that, this is the very scarce Do Pt variety. Notice the long "tails" on the 7 and 1 in the date.
Slot: Durango Mint - Do Pt Variety - Coin Axis
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1872DO PT COIN ALIGNMENT
Grade: NGC XF 40
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Owner Comments
This a very scarce variety. It has the normal Coin Axis.
Slot: Durango Mint - Do
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1871DO P
Grade: NGC AU 58
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Slot: Chihuahua Mint - CH
Origin/Country: MEXICO - 1823-1909
Design Description:
Item Description: PESO 1873CH M
Grade: NGC AU 55
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Owner Comments
Very scarce in high grade.

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