Mexico 1902-Mo M 5 pesos

image courtesy Ponterio and Associates

image courtesy Ponterio and Associates

another specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is an 1902MoM 5 pesos gold piece, of a type struck at Mexico City 1870-1905. The type is also recorded from Culiacan, Durango, Guanajuato, Alamos, Chihuahua, Hermosillo and Zacatecas but Mexico City is by far the most prolific issuer. The 1902MoM is considered a common date.

Mintage figures are not a reliable indicator of rarity for this type due to the accidents of hoarding; many low mintage issues are readily available while other high mintage issues are very rare.

Recorded mintage: 1,478.

Specification: 8.46 g, 0.875 fine gold, .238 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 412.6.

Source:

• 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.
• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.

Link to:

• 1900-C^N 5 pesos
• 1901-M^O 5 pesos
• 1902-C centavo
• 1902-C^N 5 centavos
• 1902-M^O 5 centavos
• 1902-Z^S 5 centavos
• 1902-C^N 20 centavos
• 1902-M^O 20 centavos
• 1902-Z^S 20 centavos
• 1902-C^N silver peso
• 1902-Z^S silver peso
• 1902-C^N gold peso
• 1902-M^O silver peso
• 1902-M^O peso oro
• 1902-M^O 10 pesos
• 1902-Cn 20 pesos
• 1902-M^O 20 pesos
• 1903-M^O 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1902
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905