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Reales issues of the Zacatecas mint (silver)

Quarter real

Diameter 12 mm. 0.845 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Engraver Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1842 LR    

 

Half real

Diameter 16 mm. 1.690 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1826 AZ    
1826 AO    
1827 AO    
1827/7 AO    
1828/7 AO    
1829 AO    
1830 OV    
1831 OV    
1831 OM    
1832 OM    
1833 OM   large M
1833 OM   normal M
1834 OM    
1835/4 OM    
1835 OM    
1836 OM   cap of 1835
1836 OM   cap of 1836-1837
1837 OM   cap of 1835
1837 OM   cap of 1836-1837
1838 OM   medal axis
1839 OM    
1840 OM   medal axis
1841 OM   medal axis
1841 OM   coin axis
1842/1 OM   medal axis
1842 OM   coin axis
1843 OM    
1844 OM    
1845 OM    
1846 OM    
1847 OM    
1848 OM    
1849 OM    
1850 OM    
1851 OM    
1852 OM    
1853 OM    
1854/3 OM    
1854 OM    
1855/3 OM    
1855 OM    
1856 OM    
1857 MO    
1858 MO    
1859 VL    
1860 VL    
1860 MO    
1860/50 VL   V is inverted A
1860/59 VL   V is inverted A
1861/0 VL   V is inverted A
1861 VL   V is inverted A
1862 VL   V is inverted A, no *
1863 VL   V is inverted A
1863/1 VL   V is inverted A
1869 YH   No . after MEXICANA
1869 YH   . after MEXICANA

 

KM 370.11 1827KM 370.11 1827 reverse
KM-370.11 ½r 1827 Z AO (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72243)

KM 370.11 1835 4KM 370.11 1835 4 reverse
KM-370.11 ½r 1835/4 Z OM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 23 June 2026, lot 72249

One real

Diameter 20 mm. 3.380 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1826 AZ    
1826 AO    
1827 AO    
1828/7 AO    
1828 AO   normal A
1828 AO   A is inverted A
1829 AO    
1830 OV   small v
1830 OV   large V
1830 OV   Z mintmark
1831 OV    
1831 OM    
1832 OM    
1833/2 OM    
1833 OM    
1833 OM   REPUBLIJCA error
1834/3 OM   O/4 in mintmark
1834 OM    
1835/4 OM   small o
1835 OM    
1836/5 OM    
1836 OM    
1837 OM    
1838 OM    
1839 OM    
1840 OM    
1841 OM    
1842/1 OM    
1842 OM    
1843 OM    
1844 OM    
1845 OM   I/C in REPUBLICA
1846 OM   old-style cap and eagle
1846 OM   new-style cap and eagle
1847 OM    
1848 OM    
1849 OM    
1850 OM    
1851 OM    
1852 OM    
1853 OM    
1854/2 OM    
1854 OM    
1854/3 OM   4/3/2
1854 OM    
1855/4 OM    
1855 OM    
1856 OM    
1857 OM    
1858 OM    
1859 OM    
1860 VL   V is inverted A
1861 VL    
1861 VL   V is inverted A
1862 VL    
1866 VL   issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (6 February 1864 - 29 November 1866)
1868 JS    
1869 YH   YH/JS
1869 YH    

 

Two reales

Diameter 27 mm. 6.670 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1825 AZ    
1826 AV   A is inverted V
1826 AZ   A is inverted V
1826 AO   A is inverted V
1826 AO    
1827 AO   A is inverted V
1827 AO    
1828/7 AO    
1828 AO    
1828 AO   A is inverted V
1829 AO    
1829 OV    
1830 OV    
1831 OV    
1831 OM   OM/OV
1831 OM    
1832/1 OM    
1832 OM    
1833/27 OM    
1833/2 OM    
1833 OM    
1833 OM   3 used for S in mintmark
1834 OM    
1835 OM    
1836 OM    
1837 OM    
1837/5 OM   3 used for S in mintmark
1838 OM    
1839 OM    
1840 OM    
1841/9 OM    
1841 OM    
1842 OM    
1843 OM    
1844 OM    
1845 OM   small letters
1845 OM   large letters
1846 OM    
1847 OM    
1848 OM    
1849 OM    
1850 OM    
1851 OM    
1852 OM    
1853 OM    
1854/3 OM    
1854 OM    
1855/4 OM    
1855 OM    
1855 MO    
1856/5 MO    
1856 MO    
1857 MO    
1858 MO    
1859 MO    
1860/59 MO    
1860 MO    
1860 VL    
1861 VL    
1862 VL    
1863 MO    
1863 VL    
1864 MO   issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (6 February 1864 - 29 November 1866)
1864 VL  
1865 MO  
1867 JS    
1868 JS    
1868 YH    
1869 YH    
1870 YH    

 

KM 374.12 1825KM 374.12 1825 reverse
KM-374.12 2r 1825 Zs AZ (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 24 June 2026, lot 73156)

This date was unknown until a single example surfaced in Mexico City in the 1980s.

KM 374.12 1833 2KM 374.12 1833 2 reverse
KM-374.12 2r 1833/2 Zs OM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 24 June 2026, lot 73165)

Four reales

Diameter 32 mm. 13.540 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
       
1864 VL   issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (6 February 1864 - 29 November 1866)

 

KM 375.9 1832KM 375.9 1832 reverse
KM-375.9 4r 1832 Zs OM (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 24 June 2026, lot 73295)

Eight reales

Diameter 39 mm. 27.070 g, 0.90277 silver

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
       
1864 VL   issued while Maximilian's forces controlled the mint (6 February 1864 - 29 November 1866)
1864 MO  
1865 MO  

 

KM 377.13 1828 7KM 377.13 1828 7 reverse
KM-377.13 8r 1828/7 Zs AO (Stack’s Bowers auction, 28 February 2024, lot 73330)

KM 377.13 1841KM 377.13 1841 reverse
KM-377.13 8r 1841 Zs OM (Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong Auction , 8 October 2022, lot 54473)