Mexico 1899-Mo AM peso

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36320

This specimen was lot 36320 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1899-Mo AM. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-63+." This is a common date of a type struck at Mexico City, Culiacan, Guanajuato and Zacatecas 1898-1905. It was revived briefly in 1908-09, the Caballito design not being ready, but struck only at Mexico City, the last branch mints having closed in 1905.

Recorded mintage: 7,930,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-409.2.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• 1898-M^O silver peso
• 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-Z^S silver peso
• 1899-C^N gold peso
• 1899-G^O gold peso
• 1899-M^O gold peso
• 1899-C^N 20 pesos
• 1899-G^O 20 pesos
• 1899-M^O 20 pesos
• 1900-C^N silver peso
• 1900-Z^S silver peso
• Coins and currency dated 1899
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905