Mexico 1899-Mo M 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1898-1905 at the Mexico City mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the upright eagle type issued 1869-97. The regime began closing the branch mints in 1893 and by 1898, only Guanajuato, Culiacan and Zacatecas were left.

Specification: 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Recorded mintage: 190,000.

Catalog reference: KM 404.2.

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

Link to:

• 1898-M^O 10 centavos
• 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-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-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-M 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1899
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905