Reales issues of the Chihuahua mint (8 reales)
KM-377.2 8r 1836 Ca AM (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 26 August 2025, lot 41390)
Diameter 39 mm. 27.070 g, 0.90277 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1831 | MR | The cap (a small to medium sized triangular cap, the top of which poinrs slightly left) and obverse lettering is unique to 1832 and early 1832 | |
| 1832 | MR | cap of 1831-1832 | |
| 1832 | MR | cap of 1832 (a small triangular cap with a round point that appears to be centred vertically) | |
| 1832 | MR | cap of 1832-1833 (a well centred cap is roundedat the peak and pointing to the right) | |
| 1833 | MR | ||
| 1834 | AM | new cap style that continues through 1838 | |
| 1834 | MR | ||
| 1835 | AM | ||
| 1836 | AM | ||
| 1837 | AM | ||
| 1838 | AM | ||
| 1839 | RG | complete change of die style | |
| 1839 | RG | without s after 10D | |
| 1839 | RG | IC/CA The die sinker omitted the I from MEXICANA: upon noticing the error the CA was overpunched with a IC snd sn A added | |
| 1840 | RG | die style of 1840: one dot after date. Medal axis | |
| 1840 | RG | die style of 1840-1868: three dots after date. Coin axis | |
| 1841 | RG | ||
| 1841 | RG | second 1 in date made with I punch, repunched over another 1 | |
| 1842 | RG | ||
| 1843 | RG | ||
| 1844/1 | RG | Dunigan and Parker believe this to be a slightly repunched 4 | |
| 1845 | RG | ||
| 1846 | RG | ||
| 1847 | RG | ||
| 1848 | RG | ||
| 1849 | RG | ||
| 1850/40 | RG | decade overdate. illustrated below | |
| 1851/41 | RG | ||
| 1852/42 | RG | ||
| 1853/43 | RG | ||
| 1854 | RG | ||
| 1855 | RG | ||
| 1855/45 | RG | ||
| 1856 | RG | ||
| 1856/5 | JC | ||
| 1857 | JC/RG | ||
| 1857 | JC | ||
| 1858 | JC | ||
| 1858 | BA | ||
| 1859 | JC | ||
| 1860 | JC | ||
| 1861 | JC | ||
| 1862 | JC | ||
| 1863 | JC | ||
| 1864 | JC | ||
| 1865 | JC | ssued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (15 August 1865 -17 July 1866) | |
| 1865 | FP | ||
| 1866 | JC | ||
| 1866 | FP | ||
| 1867 | JG | ||
| 1868 | JG | ||
| 1868 | MM | ||
| 1869 | MM | ||
| 1869 | MM | MM / inverted MM (illustrated below) | |
| 1870 | MM | ||
| 1871 | MM | MM / inverted MM | |
| 1871/0 | MM | ||
| 1873 | MM | ||
| 1873 | MM | 7 / retrograde 7 | |
| 1874 | MM | ||
| 1875 | MM | ||
| 1876 | MM | ||
| 1877 | EA | 472,000 | |
| 1877 | GR | ||
| 1877 | JM | ||
| 1877 | AV | ||
| 1878 | AV | 439,000 | |
| 1879 | AV | ||
| 1880 | AV | ||
| 1880 | PM | ||
| 1880 | MG | regular initials (illustrated below) | |
| 1880 | MG | tall initials (illustrated below) | |
| 1880 | MM | ||
| 1881 | MG | 1,085,000 | |
| 1882 | MG | 779,000 | |
| 1882 | MM | ||
| 1882 | MM | second M over sideways M | |
| 1883 | MM | 818,000 | sideways M |
| 1883/2 | MM | second M over G | |
| 1883 | MM | ||
| 1884/3 | MM | Very scarce overdate (illustrated below) | |
| 1884 | MM | ||
| 1885 | MM | 1,345,000 | |
| 1885/4 | MM | ||
| 1886 | MM | 2,483,000 | |
| 1887 | MM | 2,625,000 | |
| 1888 | MM | 2,434,000 | |
| 1888/7 | MM | ||
| 1889 | MM | 2,681,000 | |
| 1890 | MM | 2,137.000 | |
| 1891 | MM | 2,268,000 | |
| 1891/0 | MM | ||
| 1892 | MM | 2,527,000 | |
| 1893 | MM | 2,632,000 | |
| 1894 | MM | 2,642,000 | |
| 1895 | MM | 1,112,000 |
KM-377.2 8r 1840 Ca RG (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 28 February 2024, lot 73125)
Die style of 1840.
KM-377.2 8r 1850/40 Ca RG (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 25 June 2026, lot 74201)
KM-377.2 8r 1869 Ca MM/M (Briggs & Bustos auction, 31 August 2025, lot 265)
Scarce variety with the second “M” reengraved in the assayer’s mark, which Dunigan & Parker describe as “M over inverted M.”
KM-377.2 8r 1873 Ca MM (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 25 June 2026, lot 74203)
Variety with repunched "3".
KM-377.2 8r 1880 Ca MG (Stack’s-Bowers auction, 16 May 2023, lot 70344)
Variety with tall assayer's initials.
KM-377.2 8r 1880 Ca MG (Stack’s-Bowers Chicago ANA auction, 13 August 2011, lot 20532)
Variety with normal assayer's initials.
KM-377.2 8r 1884/3 Ca MM (Briggs & Bustos auction, 31 August 2025, lot 267)
Counterfeits
Counterfeit KM-377.2 8r 1844 Ca RG (Stack’s Bowers auction, 5 November 2025, lot 78175)
silver plated copper