Mexico 1899-Zs Z 20 centavos

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Ponterio sale 159, lot 9029
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1898-1905 at the Zacatecas mint, which closed in 1905. This twenty centavo piece replaced the twenty-five centavo piece struck 1869-92. It, in turn, was replaced by a smaller twenty centavo piece in the 1905 reform that changed "Republica Mexicana" to "Estados Unidos Mexicanos." Zacatecas is probably the least common of the four mints that struck the type. This specimen was lot 9029 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Zacatecas. 20 Centavos, 1899-ZsZ. Dark toned. NGC MS-63."

Specification: 5.41 g, 0.903 fine silver, .157 troy oz ASW.

Recorded mintage: 210,000.

Catalog reference: KM 405.3.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.

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