Mexico 1903-Zs FZ peso

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2845

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 2845 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $287.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Zacatecas. Peso, 1903-ZsFZ. NGC MS-64." This date is known from Culiacan, Mexico City and Zacatecas (shown here). A scarce 1903/2 overdate exists.

Recorded mintage: 3,080,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 409.3.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

Links to:

• 1902-M^O silver peso
• 1902-Z^S silver peso
• 1903-C centavo
• 1903-M centavo
• 1903-C^N Q 5 centavos
• 1903-C^N V 5 centavos
• 1903-M^O 20 centavos
• 1903-C^N Q 10 centavos
• 1903-C^N V 10 centavos
• 1903-M^O 10 centavos
• 1903-C^N 20 centavos
• 1903-C^N FV peso
• 1903-C^N JQ peso
• 1903-M^O AM peso
• 1903-M^O MA peso
• 1903-M^O peso oro
• 1903-M^O 5 pesos
• 1903-C^N 10 pesos
• 1903-C^N 20 pesos
• 1903-M^O 10 pesos
• 1908-Mo silver peso
• Coins and currency dated 1903
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905