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Reales issues of the Hermosillo mint (½, 1, 2 and 4 reales)

Half real 

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KM-372.7 ½r 1839 Ho PP

Retrograde N in MEXICANA

KM 370.8 1862KM 370.8 1862 reverse
KM-370.8 ½r 1862 Ho FM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72169)

Diameter 16 mm. 1.690 g, 0.90277 silver

For a consideration of the rarity of Hermosillo ½ real see here.

Date Asssayer Recorded mintage Comment
1839 PP   unique. For more information, see here.
1862 FM    
1867/1 PR/FM   6 over inverted 6 (for discussion, see here)
1867/2 PR    

 

KM 370.8 1867KM 370.8 1867 reverse
KM-370.8 ½r 1867 Ho PR/FM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72170)

One real

KM 372.7 1862KM 372.7 1862 reverse
KM-Unlisted (KM-372.7 for other dates) 1r 1862 Ho FM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72383)

Diameter 26 mm. 3.380 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded mintage Comment
1862 FM    
1867 PR   small 7 over 1
1867 PR   large 7 over small 7
1867 PR   no crossbar in H of mintmark
1867/1 PR   illustrated below
1868      

 

KM 372.7 1867 1KM 372.7 1867 1 reverse
KM-372.7 1r 1867/1 Ho PR (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72384)

Sonora Cap and Eagle.

Two reales

KM 374.9 1861KM 374.9 1861 reverse
KM-374.9 2r 1861 Ho FM (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8277)

Diameter 27 mm. 6.760 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded mintage Comment
1861 FM    
1862/52 FM/CE   Ho mintmark
1867/1 PR/FM   illustrated below
1867 PR   Escudo edge

 

 KM 374.9 2r Hermosillo 1867 1KM 374.9 2r Hermosillo 1867 1 reverse
KM-374.9 2r Hermosillo 1867/1 Ho PR/FM (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 February 2019, lot 71276)

Four reales

KM 375.5 1861KM 375.5 1861 reverse
KM-375.5 4r 1861 Ho FM (Stack’s Bowers auction, 26 August 2022, lot 34177)

Diameter 32 mm. 13.540 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded mintage Comment
1861 FM    
1862 FM   two known
1867/1 PR/FM    
1867 PR    

 

KM 375.5 1862KM 375.5 1862 reverse
KM-375.5 4r 1862 Ho FM (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8376)

Scarce variety, with the mintmark featuring an “O” after the “H”.