Grading notes
Strike is part of the diagnosis.
Judge wear at the eagle breast, wing feathers, serpent, cactus, LIBERTAD band, and central rays only after accounting for weak strike, die wear, and adjustment marks.
Representative Republican issue study
1863 Ce ML Real de Catorce 8 Reales
This single-year Real de Catorce issue tests the separation between a canonical mint entity and its series-specific operating period. The broad taxonomy record retains older royalist history, while this page uses only the documented 1863 Republican eight-reales scope.
A mature diagnostic study selected from the complete matrix; neighbouring records stay matrix-only until they pass the same gate.
Verified image pendingNo neighbouring date, mint, or type is substituted
1863Date
CeMintmark
MLAssayer mark
Unknown — not zeroMintage
Historical and mint context
1863 Ce ML Real de Catorce 8 Reales
This single-year Real de Catorce issue tests the separation between a canonical mint entity and its series-specific operating period. The broad taxonomy record retains older royalist history, while this page uses only the documented 1863 Republican eight-reales scope.
CeReal de Catorce Mint
MLContextual assayer mark
KM 377.1Catalog crosswalk
1Normalized matrix rows
Unknown — not zeroReported mintage
Attribution diagnostics
Read the complete identity before grade or price.
- Require the complete Ce mark in this 1863 Republican context.
- Distinguish the ML base issue from the Ce/Pi ML/MC overmark slot.
- Do not transfer Real de Catorce’s 1811–1812 taxonomy dates into this series row.
| Date | Mint | Assayer | Design generation | Variety classes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1863 | Ce | ML | Mid-century regional hub families | base-issue | specialist-registry |
Authentication notes
Check cumulative compatibility.
Check the complete date–mint–assayer combination, die style, 27.07 g nominal standard, diameter tolerance, security edge, and .903 silver standard. This page is not a substitute for professional authentication.
Population and market evidence
No unsupported price or population snapshot.
No population total, survival estimate, or grade-price table passed the normalized, dated, multi-source publication gate.
Sources
Issue identity and series context.
- Numismatic Terms of the República MexicanaU.S. Mexican Numismatic Association · tier 2 · 2026-07-21
Specialist terminology and documented real/escudo operating spans for thirteen branch mints.
- Mexican 8 Reales, Circulation Strikes (1823–1897): Set CompositionPCGS Set Registry · tier 2 · 2026-07-21
1,112 date–mint–assayer–variety registry slots used as the primary issue-matrix crosswalk. Registry weights are not rarity estimates.
- 8 Reales – Mexico (N# 7394)Numista · tier 2 · 2026-07-21
Discovery and cross-check only: nominal 27.07 g, .903 silver, 38.9 mm reference diameter, security edge, orientation, and mint-level KM family suffixes.