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Reales issues of the Oaxaca mint

Silver

Four reales

Diameter 32 mm. 13.540 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1861 FR   Diagonally milled edge
1861 FR   Herringbone edge
1861 FR   Ornamented edge

 

KM 375.5 1861 oblique edge reedingKM 375.5 1861 oblique edge reeding reverse
KM-375.5 4r 1861 O FR oblique edge reeding (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 26 August 2022, lot 34179)

Variety with oblique edge reeding.

KM 375.5 1861 herringboneKM 375.5 1861 herringbone reverse
KM-375.7 4r 1861 O FR herringbone edge. (Stack’s-Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection,24 June 2026, lot 73262)

Variety with herringbone edge.

KM 375.5 1861 normalKM 375.5 1861 normal reverse
KM-375.7 4r 1861 O FR normal edge (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8389)

Normal edge.

Eight reales

Diameter 39 mm. 27.070 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1858 AE   O mintmark
1858 AE    
1859 AE    
1860 AE    
1861 FR   O mintmark
1861 FR    
1862 FR   O mintmark
1862 FR    
1863 FR   O mintmark
1863 AE    
1864 FR   O mintmark
1865 AE   O mintmark
1867 AE   O mintmark
1868 AE   O mintmark
1869 AE   O mintmark
1870 AE   for the history of this coin, see here
1873 AE    
1874 AE 142,000  
1875/4 AE 131,000  
1875 AE  
1876 AE 140,000  
1877 AE 139,000  
1878 AE 125,000  
1879 AE 153,000  
1880 AE 143,000  
1881 AE 134,000  
1882 AE 100,000  
1883 AE 122,000  
1884 AE 142,000  
1885 AE 158,000  
1886 AE 120,000  
1887/6 AE 115,000  
1887 AE  
1888 AE 145,000  
1889 AE 150,000  
1890 AE 181,000  
1891 EN 160,000  
1892 EN 120,000  
1893 EN 66,000  

 

KM 377.11 1859KM 377.11 1859 reverse
KM-377.11 1859 (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 23 October 2025, lot 73052)

Eagle of 1858-59, featuring the cruder, larger eagle design. A die crack characteristic of the 1859 design runs through the obverse design, while the planchet exhibits the overall crudeness expected for the date.

KM 377.11 1860KM 377.11 1860 reverse
KM-377.11 1860 (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 17 August 2014, lot 44198}

Eagle of 1859-1860

KM 377.11 1864KM 377.11 1864 reverse
KM-377.11 1864 (Stack’s-Bowers Macau auction, December 2014, lot 30103)

Gold

Four escudos

diameter 30 mm. 13.540 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1861 FR    

 

Eight escudos 

Diameter 37 mm. 27.070 g. 0.8750 gold 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1860 AE    
1861 FR    
1862 FR    
1863 FR    
1864 FR    
1867 AE    
1868 AE    
1869 AE    

 

KM 383.10 1861KM 383.10 1861 reverse
KM-383.10 1861 (Stack’s Bowers auction, 6 August 2020, lot 21475)