Reales issues of the Durango mint (silver)

Quarter real

Diameter 12 mm. 0.845 g, 0.90277 silver

Half real

Diameter 16 mm. 1.690 g, 0.90277 silver

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 1850 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72084)

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)

One real

Diameter 20 mm. 3.380 g, 0.90277 silver

KM-372.2 1r 1862/1 Do CP (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 February 2019, lot 71314)

Two reales

Diameter 27 mm. 6.670 g, 0.90277 silver

KM-374.4 2r 1826 Do RL (Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8251)

KM 374.4 2r 1842/32 Do RM (Stack’s Bowers auction, 12 September 2023, lot 73352)

An interesting and somewhat visually messy overdate.

Eight reales

Diameter 39 mm. 27.070 g, 0.90277 silver

Coins date from 1825. For the history of the printing in 1824, see here.

KM-377.4 8r 1833/2 Do RM/RL (Stack’s Bowers ANA Auction, 24 August 2021, lot 45342)