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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 2065510, member: 19065"]Don Bailey's recently published, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money Vol. 1 (p209) lists the following for Republic Decimal coinage at Alamos: The mint opened in 1864 for the issuance of federal coinage and closed in 1895. Mintmarks for Republic decimal coinage struck at the Alamos mint are "A" with an "s" above the "A" and As. The assayer initials are "DL" or "L" for Domingo Larraguibel (1874-1895) and "L" for Manuel Larraguibel (1878-1895). 5 Centavos, 0.9027 silver, 1.353 gram, diameter 15mm, Edge: Milled The 1880 date is shown in this book with comment: "Mule, gold peso obverse". He gives the catalog numbers: BW-253.5, KM-398 The Bailey book lists no mintage figure. In addition... I looked it up on Numista (<a href="http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6127.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6127.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>) for mintage, but they do not have it specifically listed with the date/mm. A search for KM-398 on <a href="http://www.numismaster.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaster.com/" rel="nofollow">Numismaster.com</a> "Find My Coin" and the info differs only slightly with: "Fineness 0.903, Weight 1.353g, ASW 0.0393 oz." In my opinion, the Bailey information is about the best, most accurate and up to date reference material available.[/QUOTE]