Reales issues of the Durango mint (¼ and ½ reales)
Quarter real
KM-368.2 ¼r Durango 1842 DoLR (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore Auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8083)
Diameter 12 mm. 0.845 g, 0.90277 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1842 | LR | ||
| 1843 | LR |
Half real
KM-370.3 ½r 1850 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72084)
Diameter 16 mm. 1.690 g, 0.90277 silver
For a consideration of the rarity of Durango ½ real see here.
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1832 | RM | ||
| 1833/1 | RM | ||
| 1833 | RM | ||
| 1833 | RL | These dies were created from French hubs which had the assayer as "RL". Normally the "L" was overpunched with an "M" but not in this case (illustrated below) | |
| 1834/1 | RM | illustrated below | |
| 1834 | RM | ||
| 1837/4 | RM | illustrated below | |
| 1837/6/4 | RM | ||
| 1837/6 | RM | ||
| 1841/33 | RM | ||
| 1842/32 | RM | ½ over 8R (illustrated below) | |
| 1842/32 | RM | 8R instead of ½R | |
| 1842 | RM | French dies | |
| 1842 | RM | Mexican dies | |
| 1843/33 | RM | ||
| 1843 | RM | ||
| 1845/32 | RM | ||
| 1845/34 | RM | ||
| 1845/35 | RM | ||
| 1846 | RM | ||
| 1848/5 | RM | ||
| 1848/6 | RM | ||
| 1849 | JMR | ||
| 1850 | RM | ||
| 1850 | JMR | French dies | |
| 1851 | JMR | ||
| 1852 | JMR | ||
| 1852/0 | JMR | ||
| 1852/1 | JMR | illustrated below | |
| 1853 | CP | Medal axis | |
| 1853 | CP | Coin axis | |
| 1854 | CP | ||
| 1855 | CP | ||
| 1856/5 | CP | ||
| 1857 | CP | ||
| 1858/7 | CP | illustrated below | |
| 1859 | CP | ||
| 1860/59 | CP | ||
| 1861 | CP | ||
| 1862 | CP | ||
| 1864 | CP | ||
| 1869 | CP |
KM-370.3 ½r 1833 Do RL (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72075)
These dies were created from French hubs which had the assayer as "RL". Normally the "L" was overpunched with an "M". In this case, the die failed to make that correction. Based on the rarity of this coin, the error was probably caught and quickly corrected. Another interesting feature of this coin is that the die axis is Medal rather than Coin as in all subsequent issues beginning with the Do 1833-RM/L.
KM-370.3 ½r 1834/1 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 February 2019, lot 71378)
KM-370.3 ½r 1837/4 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8123)
KM-370.3 ½r 1842/32 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8124)
1/2 R over 8 R
KM-370.3 ½r 1852/1 Do JMR (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72087)
KM-370.3 ½r 1858/7 Do CP (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72091)