Silver peso, New Orleans (La.)/Guanajuato/Philadelphia (Pa.), 1877. 1922.54.13

Physical Description

• Axis: 0

• Date on Object

  • Date: [1877]

• Measurements

  • Weight: 30.895
  • Diameter: 39

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 1877
• Denomination: 5 cent
• Denomination: 10 cent
• Denomination: peso
• Material: Silver

• Geographic

  • Mint: New Orleans (La.)
  • Mint: Guanajuato
  • Mint: Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Region: United States

Undertype Description

• Description: Mexico, peso, 1874, Guanajuato mint

References

• Reference: Valentine.1859.O.1 (uncertain)
• Reference: Breen.3093 (uncertain)
• Reference: Breen.3385 (uncertain)
• Reference: KM.Mexico.377.8

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1922.54.13
• Department: United States
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

SubjectSet

Notes

• when the peso had depreciated to 85 cents, some Texas banks would join dimes and half dimes to a peso to bring it up to a dollar; for a similar coin (not ours) see The Numismatist, vol. 18 (1905), pp. 156 and 184-185