Mexico 1/8 and 1/4 Real 1833 to 1856
Hello Li -- The catalogs list your piece as a 1/4 real from the Republic of Mexico. There was also a 1/8 real with the same pattern, only smaller. Here are the diameters of these old-and-interesting pieces:
1/8 REAL: 19 mm diameter
1/4 REAL: 25 mm diameter
The 1/8 reals are extremely rare. My catalog won't even venture a guess at value. When that happens it means the coins are worth *a lot*! For the 1/4 real pieces here is what the catalog says:
1/4 REAL:
heavily worn: $10
worn: $35
average circulated (like Li's picture shown here): $100
well preserved: very rare
coins dated 1833: multiply these values by 1.5
The legend says ESTADO SOBERANO DE CHIHUAHUA (the sovereign state of Chihuahua) on coins before 1840, ESTADO LIBRE DE CHIHUAHUA (free state) on coins dated 1846, and just ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA or, like Li's coin, DEPARTAMENTO DE CHIHUAHA (administrative district) on coins dated after 1850. Chihuahua, for which the small dog is named, is a state in northern Mexico.
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Coin: 5010, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201006, Last review: 201507
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1833, filter: 1833 to 1856
Image: mexico_1_4_real_1855.jpg
Tags: baby encircled stamp headed hat mexican scripts central hispana garland letter reif circal estrados irregular countermark cupro bronzes girl rings monograms 4th quattro mexicano arrowheads soberano helmets americas departamento twice counterstamp punch mexicanos arrow stamped mexio copper spainish bronze estas headband lettering fez hooded hashmarked initials five brass romanorum gouges espanas coppery america children reales spanich circling boy ameria stars reef hashmark encircles bonnet circel encircle wreah child ringed american arrows circumference encircling quater gouge mexicana helmet ring estado bow hispanarvm childs quarto boys punched girls roma tunic caligraphy hand inscription hood romen wreath espana two circles loop chop circumscribed heads mex circumscibed headdress circuit shaking oneheaded amer quartos countermarked chihuahua hispanarium espa monogram espanola hispan rome counterstamped soberado circlet head star circle roman espania coppers counterstamps wreathed helmit spanish mexico quarts hispa initals starrs letters wreth spai 1st chops americans handshake caps romana native loops spain rief natives cap reale one hispanirvm circular incircled quarter centrale quarters hisp real feet kid romanorvm ones scrip inscriptions circled hands usa estados hispanarvim helmeted quatre wreaths wreathe wreat lettered americana hispaniarvm script hispaniarum stamps amero calligraphy initial punches
