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Decimal issues of the Chihuahua mint (gold)

Diameter 15 mm.1.692 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
 1888    Ca/Mo

 

Five pesos 

Diameter 22 mm. 8.460 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1888 M    

  

KM 412.1KM 412.1 reverse
KM-412.5 $5 1888 Ca M (Briggs & Bustos auction VIII, April 2024, lot 383)

Undoubtedly the most iconic date of all the coinage of the decimal system, plagued with rarities in various mints and denominations. The Chihuahua mint struck pieces in denominations of 1 Peso, 5 Pesos and 10 Pesos in gold exclusively for 1888, all extremely limited in terms of mintage and in the case of the one offered here only 120 specimens are reported,

Ten pesos 

Diameter 27 mm. 16.920 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1888 M    

 

Twenty pesos

Diameter 34 mm. 33.840 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1872 M    
1873 M    
1874 M    
1875 M    
1876 M    
1877 M    
1882 M    
1883 M    
1884 M    
1885 M    
1887 M    
1888 M    
1889 M    
1890 M    
1891 M    
1893 M    
1895 M