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
1897 Go RS Final-Year 8 Reales
Guanajuato’s 1897 Go RS is a final-year issue of the real-denominated series. It belongs beside other 1897 mint issues, but it does not imply that every mint operated through the same last date or used the same local hubs.
A mature diagnostic study selected from the complete matrix; neighbouring records stay matrix-only until they pass the same gate.
1897Date
GoMintmark
RSAssayer mark
Unknown — not zeroMintage
Historical and mint context
1897 Go RS Final-Year 8 Reales
Guanajuato’s 1897 Go RS is a final-year issue of the real-denominated series. It belongs beside other 1897 mint issues, but it does not imply that every mint operated through the same last date or used the same local hubs.
GoGuanajuato Mint
RSContextual assayer mark
KM 377.8Catalog crosswalk
1Normalized matrix rows
Unknown — not zeroReported mintage
Attribution diagnostics
Read the complete identity before grade or price.
- Confirm 1897, Go, and RS as one issue identity.
- Compare the late cap rays and eagle style with Guanajuato peers, not Mexico City by default.
- Use weight, diameter, edge, and metal testing alongside style for authentication.
| Date | Mint | Assayer | Design generation | Variety classes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Go | RS | Late Republic 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.
- 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.