Mexico 1898-Mo M 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Mexico City mint struck this ten centavos with this design 1898-1905. It is a redesign of the ten centavos piece struck 1869-97; only the eagle was changed. All dates are common. The bronze one centavo and silver five and twenty centavos were similarly modified. The eight reales was dropped in favor of a silver peso with this eagle. The regime began closing the branch mints in 1893 and by 1898, only Guanajuato, Culiacan and Zacatecas were left.

Recorded mintage: 130,000.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.903 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 404.2.

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.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

Link to:

• 1897-M^O 10 centavos, upright eagle
• 1898-M^O centavo
• 1898-C^N 5 centavos
• 1898-G^O 5 centavos
• 1898-M^O 5 centavos
• 1898-C^N 10 centavos
• 1898-G^O 10 centavos
• 1898-C^N 20 centavos
• 1898-G^O 20 centavos
• 1898-M^O 20 centavos
• 1898-Z^S 20 centavos
• 1898-C^N silver peso
• 1898-G^O silver peso
• 1898-M^O silver peso
• 1898-Z^S silver peso
• 1898-C^N peso oro
• 1898-G^O peso oro
• 1898-M^O peso oro
• 1898-M^O 5 pesos
• 1898-M^O 10 pesos
• 1898-C^N M 20 pesos
• 1898-G^O 20 pesos
• 1898-M^O 20 pesos
• 1899-M^O 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1898
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905