Mexico 1899-Go R peso

from the San Dimas collection

from the San Dimas collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1870-1900 at the Guanajuato mint. Mexico City is the commonest mint, followed by Guanajuato, Culiacan, Zacatecas (scarce), Hermosillo (rare), Alamos (rare) and Chihuahua (rare). Even the common dates have low mintages but the type was widely hoarded, making it reasonably available today. Numerous date varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: 2,748.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .047 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 410.3.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1898-Go peso oro
• 1899-M centavo
• 1899-C^N 5 centavos
• 1899-G^O 5 centavos
• 1899-M^O 5 centavos
• 1899-C^N 10 centavos
• 1899-G^O 10 centavos
• 1899-M^O 10 centavos
• 1899-C^N 20 centavos
• 1899-G^O 20 centavos
• 1899-M^O 20 centavos
• 1899-Z^S 20 centavos
• 1899-C^N AM silver peso
• 1899-C^N JQ silver peso
• 1899-G^O silver peso
• 1899-M^O silver peso
• 1899-Z^S silver peso
• 1899-C^N gold peso
• 1899-M^O gold peso
• 1899-C^N 20 pesos
• 1899-G^O 20 pesos
• 1899-M^O 20 pesos
• 1900-Go peso oro
• 1900-Mo peso oro
• Coins and currency dated 1899
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905
• On the Gold Pesos of Mexico