Mexico 1905-M 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a fairly common date of a series struck 1905-14 at the Mexico City mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the ten centavos piece struck 1898-1905 under the Republic. The older coin was 2.7 g, 0.903 fine. It, in turn, was replaced by a smaller ten centavos piece in 1919. The last branch mints, Zacatecas and Culiacan, were closed in 1905 and all official Mexican coinage since has borne the Mexico City mintmark ("M" or "Mo").

Recorded mintage: 3,920,000, a fairly common date.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.800 fine silver, .064 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 428.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Harris, Robert P., A Guide Book of Modern Latin American Coins, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1966.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.

Link to:

• Mexico 1905-C centavo Republica Mexicana
• Mexico 1905-M centavo Estados Unidos
• 1905 2 centavos
• 1905 5 centavos
• 1905-M^O M 5 centavos
• 1905-M^O M 10 centavos
• 1905-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1905 20 centavos
• 1905-M^O 20 centavos
• 1905-Z^S 20 centavos
• 1905 50 centavos
• 1905-C^N silver peso
• 1905-M^O silver peso
• 1905-Z^S silver peso
• 1905-M^O gold peso
• 1905 5 pesos
• 1905-M^O 20 pesos
• 1906 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905