Decimal issues of the Chihuahua mint (silver)
Five centavos
KM-396 5c 1868 Ca (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71077)
Diameter 15 mm. 1.353 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1868 | ||
| 1869 | ||
| 1870/69 | ||
| 1870 |
KM-398.1 5c 1871 CH M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71080)
This mint mark was changed to CA in 1887.
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | M | 8,150 | |
| 1873 | M | crude date | |
| 1874 | M | crude date | |
| 1886 | M | 45,000 | |
| 1887 | M | 96,000 | |
| 1887 | M | Ca/Mo. The reverse die was sent from Mexico City with Mo mint mark and over punched in Chihuahua (illustrated below). | |
| 1888 | M | 299,000 | |
| 1889 | M | 115.000 | |
| 1890 | M | 140,000 | |
| 1891 | M | 163.000 | |
| 1892 | M | 169,000 | |
| 1892/62 | M | ||
| 1892 | M | 9/inverted 9 | |
| 1893 | M | 246,000 | |
| 1894 | M | 163,000 | |
| 1895 | M | 127,000 |
KM-398.1 5c 1887 Ca/Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71084)
Ten centavos
KM-401.1 10c 1870 Ca (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71245)
Diameter 18 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1868/7 | ||
| 1868 | ||
| 1869 | ||
| 1870 |
Diameter 17 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | M | 8,150 | |
| 1873 | M | crude date | |
| 1874 | M | ||
| 1880 | M | 7,620 | G/smaller G |
| 1881 | M | 340 | |
| 1883/2 | M | 9,000 | illustrated below |
| 1883 | M | ||
| 1884 | M | ||
| 1886 | M | 45,000 | |
| 1886/5 | M | ||
| 1886/6 | M | illustrated below | |
| 1887 | M | 96,000 | |
| 1888 | M | 299,000 | |
| 1888 | M | Ca/Mo | |
| 1889 | M | small 89 (5-centavo typeface) | |
| 1889/8 | M | 115,000 | |
| 1890 | M | 140,000 | |
| 1890/89 | M | ||
| 1890/80 | M | illustrated below | |
| 1891 | M | 163,000 | |
| 1892 | M | 9/inverted 9 | |
| 1892 | M | 169,000 | |
| 1893 | M | 246,000 | |
| 1894 | M | 163,000 | |
| 1895 | M | 127,000 |
KM-403.1 10c 1883/2 CH M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71250)
Repunched denomination.
KM-403.1 10c 1886/6 CH M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71252)
KM-403.1 10c 1890/80 Ca M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71256)
Overdate is so clear that the "9" looks like a "8".
Twenty-five centavos
KM-406.1 25c 1871 CH M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72044)
Diameter 5 mm. 6.768 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | M | ||
| 1872 | M | very crude date | |
| 1883 | M | ||
| 1885 | M | illustrated below | |
| 1885/3 | M | ||
| 1886 | M | ||
| 1887 | M | ||
| 1887/6 | M | ||
| 1888 | M | ||
| 1889 | M |
KM-406.1 25c 1885 CH M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72047)
Fifty centavos
KM-407.1 50c 1884 CHa M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72206)
Diameter 30 mm.13.536 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1883 | M | ||
| 1884 | M | ||
| 1885 | M | ||
| 1886 | M | ||
| 1887 | M |
One peso
KM-408 $1 1872 CH M (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 May 2020, lot 70232)
Diameter 37 mm.27.073 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1872 | P/M | 747,000 | illustrated below |
| 1872 | P | illustrated below | |
| 1872/1 | M | ||
| 1872 | M | ||
| 1873 | M | 320,000 | |
| 1873 | M/P | ||
| 1873 | P |
KM-408 $1 1872 CH P (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 4 November 2010, lot 6492)
KM-408 $1 1872 CH P/M (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 4 November 2010, lot 6493)