Mexico 1865-Z 5 centavos

from the San Dimas Collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a scarce date of a series struck 1864-66 at the Guanajuato, Mexico City, Potosi and Zacatecas mint (shown here). This five centavos piece replaced the silver half real struck since colonial times. It was issued by the Maximilian regime during its brief existence. The republicans resumed the issue of decimal minors in 1867 after Maximilian was shot.

Specification: 1.35 g, 0.903 fine silver, .039 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Catalog reference: KM 385.3.

Source:

• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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