Mexico 1902-Zs Z 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9033

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. The second specimen was lot 9033 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Zacatecas. 20 Centavos, 1902-ZsZ. NGC MS-65."

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

Recorded mintage: 105,000.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

Link to:

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