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STACK'S BOWERS: LATIN AMERICAN COINSStack's Bowers will be hosting their October 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction of Latin American Coins & Paper Money on October 20-24. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett 
MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1760-Mo MM. Mexico City Mint. Charles III. NGC AU-55. Fr-25; KM-153; Onza-740 ("muy rara"). Two-year type. The first year of Charles III coinage, designed with the order around Charles III's neck extending below his bust. Attractive throughout, this piece shows centers that are evenly presented and sharp legends that are accompanied by dappled copper-orange tone in places. Very few individually mentionable marks appear for the grade. Altogether, far exceeding most seen, with its second-finest-graded status further validating the quality.
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MEXICO. Guadalajara. War of Independence. 8 Escudos, 1821-Ga FS. Guadalajara Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC AU-53. Fr-53; KM-161.1; Cal-1748. Plain bust type. Immediately impressive and appealing on account of the bright luster and bold details that are fully presented across the surfaces. The surfaces display only the lightest instances of actual circulation and draw down, with a touch of broken lamination seen on the bust. Nevertheless a very impressive and always sought type that will count a multitude of bidders.
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MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1822-Mo JM. Mexico City Mint. Agustin I Iturbide. NGC MS-61. Fr-59; KM-313.1. Variety with AUGUSTINUS (correct) spelling in legend. An iconic one-year type in gold, and always noteworthy when offered in uncompromising Mint State such as this. This earlier style of portrait and eagle are presented in sharp clarity and engulfed by resplendent golden luster. Some friction and scattered contact marks, but otherwise a stunningly fresh representative of this Imperial emission.
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MEXICO. Durango. Cuencame. "Six Star Muera Huerta" Peso, 1914. NGC MS-61. KM-620; GB-84. Variety with six stars on cap side. A simply stunning Six Star "Muera Huerta" Peso in enviable and elusive Mint State condition. The surfaces are lightly lustrous, with impressive brilliance retained and bold details. Compare this example with a technically worse specimen graded PCGS AU-50 which realized a total price of $18,000 in our August 2024 Global Showcase Auction (Lot #44205). A piece that will doubtlessly be coveted heavily, as any collection of Mexican Revolutionary coinage would doubtlessly be enhanced by this specimen.
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MEXICO. Durango. Cuencame. "Muera Huerta" Copper Peso, 1914. NGC MS-63 Brown. KM-621A; GB-89. An EXCEEDINGLY RARE "Muera Huerta" Peso in Copper, far outstripping the silver issue in desirability. We can find only one other example of the fabled type in copper trading, in our (Ponterio & Associates) 2008 C.I.C.F. sale. The surfaces are lightly milk chocolate colored, with full designs elements and several notable die cracks and a cud on the reverse. A piece that offers the chance at acquiring an always popular type in an even more elusive composition, and a piece that would doubtlessly serve as a capstone example to any collection of Mexican Revolutionary coinage.
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MEXICO. Jalisco. Guadalajara. 10 Centavos, 1915. NGC AU-53. KM-678; GB-243. An appealing example of an EXCEEDINGLY RARE Revolutionary type, with this offering being on of only a handful across a few decades. The surfaces are pleasingly brown, with lighter highlights throughout, and limited actual handling. An impressive example that will doubtlessly command much attention for those seeking a premium piece for their Mexican numismatic holdings.
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ECUADOR. 8 Escudos, 1845-QUITO MV. Quito Mint. NGC AU-53. Fr-6; KM-30. Seppa/Anderson-ECG93; CARR-89. One-year type with flagpoles extending below the coat-of-arms. A classic Latin American Onza, designed with the bust of Simon Bolivar facing left on the obverse and a coat-of-arms on the reverse that only appears on this issue and the unique 1844-dated 8 Escudos that immediately preceded it. VERY RARE, appearances of this type on the market are infrequent, with the last coming in our sale of the Eldorado Collection in January 2018 when an astounding two pieces appeared (one with and one without flagpoles below the arms). Before that, one has to go back nearly a decade to find an example that was certified as high as this piece. Beyond just its certification however, this coin represents the type rather ideally, with light tone and remnants of luster around the protected areas that add character to the appearance. The strike is far bolder than is typical as well, with even detail appearing both in the centers and around the legends. As one might anticipate from the grade, light friction is evident atop the designs, and some handling is seen in the fields, but in context, their presence is rather trivial.
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HAITI. North Haiti. Silver Crown Pattern (2 Gourdes), 1820/19. Birmingham (Soho) Mint. Henri I. PCGS SPECIMEN-64. KM-Pn37. Tied with just one other example as the finest observed in the PCGS census, this staggering near-Gem pattern issue is a titan within the crown series of the Caribbean, with just a small handful of examples extant. Displaying the characteristic overdate upon the obverse (with the "1" quite visible below the "2," and the base of the "9" evident at the bottom left of the "0"), and with a rather extensive die crack among the peripheral legend of the reverse. Deeply toned a gunmetal gray and with subtle golden hints sprinkled about, this provocative piece also delights with tremendous luster abounding throughout as well as a sharp, crisp, and exacting strike. It should be noted that there are a few minor marks near 3 o'clock at the rim on the reverse. Also, the population cited for this specific piece is one of one at PCGS, but there are five others (hence, the other aforementioned SPECIMEN-64) listed under a different line item in their census. This is due to PCGS only now recognizing the overdate which all known examples possess. No doubt a tremendous RARITY that should generate massive appeal and intrigue.
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PERU. Cob 8 Escudos, 1711-L M. Lima Mint. Philip V. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Fr-7; KM-38.2; Cal-2119. Weight: 26.72 gms. Displaying above average detail for the issue with some uncommon brightness over the surfaces on account of a past cleaning.
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