Mexico 1905-M 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is the key date of a series struck intermittently 1905-55 at the Mexico City mint. This 5 pesos gold piece is half the weight of the "balance scale" 5 pesos gold piece struck 1870-1905 under the Republic. The type is familiar to bullion investors as the 1955 five pesos has been restruck in large quantities by the Mexican government. However, the 1905 is rare.

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").

Specification: 4.17 g, 0.900 fine gold, .120 troy oz AGW.

Recorded mintage: 18,000.

Catalog reference: Fr-168; KM-464.

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.
• 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 10 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-M^O 20 pesos
• 1906 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905