Reales issues of the Culiacán mint (8 reales)
KM-377.3 8r 1846 C CE dot after G variety (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 12 January 2019, lot 41208).
Diameter 39 mm. 27.070 g, 0.90277 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1846 | CE |
The same die style (Mexican Cap) was used from 1846 through early 1853. No dot after G in fineness |
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| 1846 | CE | Dot after G in fineness (illustrated above) | |
| 1847 | CE | ||
| 1849 | CE | G/E | |
| 1849 | CE | ||
| 1850 | CE | ||
| 1851 | CE | ||
| 1852/1 | CE | ||
| 1852 | CE | ||
| 1853/0 | CE | ||
| 1853 | CE | Mexican Cap | |
| 1853 | CE | This is a traditional year where the Sonora Cap first appeared on a silver coin | |
| 1853 | CE | MEXIGANA (illustrated below) | |
| 1854/3 | CE | Sonora Cap and Eagle (illustrated below) | |
| 1854 | CE | Sonora Cap and Eagle | |
| 1854 | CE | Mexican Cap and Eagle | |
| 1855/4 | CE | ||
| 1855 | CE | ||
| 1856 | CE | ||
| 1857 | CE | ||
| 1858 | CE | A die style change took place in this year and continues through 1870 | |
| 1859 | CE | ||
| 1860 | CE | ||
| 1860/9 | PV/CE | ||
| 1860 | PV | ||
| 1861/0 | CE | ||
| 1861 | CE | ||
| 1861 | PV/CE | ||
| 1862 | CE | ||
| 1863/2 | CF | ||
| 1863 | CE | ||
| 1864 | CE | ||
| 1865 | CE | five-pointed star before 8 R | |
| 1865 | CE | six-pointed star before 8 R | |
| 1866 | CE | five-pointed star before 8 R | |
| 1866 | CE | six-pointed star before 8 R | |
| 1867/6 | CE | ||
| 1867 | CE | ||
| 1868/7 | CE | ||
| 1868 | CE | ||
| 1869 | CE | ||
| 1870/69 | CE | ||
| 1870 | CE | ||
| 1873 | MP | The 8 Reales series was interrupted in 1870 and not resumed until 1873, during which time the mint issued Balance Scale Pesos. | |
| 1874 | MP |
C mintmark (last issue tus C mintmark except for brief appearance in 1881 and 1885. Last of the short-lived die style of 1873-1874 |
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| 1874 | MP | Cn mintmark | |
| 1875 | MP | ||
| 1876 | CG | ||
| 1876 | GP | ||
| 1877 | CG | 339,000 | last issue with die style of 1874-1877 |
| 1877 | CG | Gn mintmark error | |
| 1877 | JA | ||
| 1878/7 | CG | 483,000 | new dies were introduced and show lower relief, giving thr coins a well struck look, Die style continued untl 1881 |
| 1878 | CG | ||
| 1878 | JD | ||
| 1878 | JD | D over retrograde D | |
| 1879 | JD | ||
| 1879 | JD | Straight 9 | |
| 1879 | JD | Round 9 | |
| 1880/70 | JD | ||
| 1880 | JD | ||
| 1881 | JD | 1,032,000 | C mintmark |
| 1881/0 | JD | Cn mintmark. Die change, which continues until 1884 | |
| 1881 | JD | Cn mintmark | |
| 1882 | JD | 397,000 | |
| 1882 | AM | ||
| 1883 | AM | 333,000 | |
| 1884 | AM | Cn mintmark | |
| 1884 | AM | C mintmark | |
| 1885/6 | AM | 227,000 | |
| 1885 | AM | C mintmark | |
| 1885 | AM | Cn mintmark | |
| 1885 | AM | Gn mintmark error (illustrated below) | |
| 1886 | AM | 571,000 | the die style of 1886 is unique to this year |
| 1887 | AM | 732.000 | new die style used until 1897 |
| 1888 | AM | 768.000 | |
| 1889 | AM | 1,075,000 | |
| 1890 | AM | 874,000 | |
| 1891 | AM | 777,000 | |
| 1892 | AM | 681,000 | |
| 1893 | AM | 1,144,000 | |
| 1894 | AM | 2,118,000 | |
| 1895 | AM | 1,834,000 | |
| 1896 | AM | 2,134,000 | |
| 1897 | AM | 1,580,000 |
KM-377.3 8r 1852/1 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71147)
KM 377.3 8r 1853 C CE (Stack’s Bowers auction, 24 June 2021, lot 72283)
"MEXIGANA" legend error.
KM-377.3 8r 1853/0 C CE (Briggs & Bustos auction, 31 August 2025, lot 269)
Design variety known as “Mexican cap” to distinguish it from the same-year issue with the Sonora cap. Variety with a clear overdate visible in the final digit of the date (1853/0), not described by Dunigan & Parker. In fact, this corresponds to an obverse die distinct from all others located, based on the positioning of the rays, confirming this variety.
KM 377.3 8r 1854/3 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction, 16 May 2023, lot 70360)
Variety with Sonora Cap & Eagle
KM-377.3 8r 1855/6 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71152)
KM-377.3 8r 1860/9 C PV/E (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71158)
KM-377.3 8r 1861/0 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71161)
KM-377.3 8r 1861 C PV/CE (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71160)
KM-377.3 8r 1868/8 C CE (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71167)
KM-377.3 8r 1877 Gn CG (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71175)
KM-377.3 8r 1879 Cn JD straight 9 (Stack’s Bowers Clyde Hubbard Collection, 3 November 2026, lot 71179)
KM-377.3 8r 1885 Gn AM (Briggs & Bustos auction, 31 August 2025, lot 276)
Variety with the mintmark engraved as “Gn” instead of “Cn.” Both dies were likely engraved locally, as their design has a more “crude” appearance compared to the standard for this date.