Mexico 1905-Mo M 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Mexico City mint struck this ten centavos with this design 1898-1905. It is a redesign of the ten centavos piece struck 1869-97; only the eagle was changed. All dates are common. The bronze one centavo and silver five and twenty centavos were similarly modified. The eight reales was dropped in favor of a silver peso with this eagle. The regime began closing the branch mints in 1893 and by 1905, only Culiacan and Zacatecas were left. Those two mints also closed in 1905 and the coinage redesigned. In the process, the ten centavos was reduced to 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: 266,000.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.903 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 404.2.

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:

• 1904-C^N 10 centavos
• 1904-M^O 10 centavos
• 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-Z^S 10 centavos
• 1905 10 centavos
• 1905 20 centavos
• 1905-M^O M 20 centavos
• 1905-Z^S M 20 centavos
• 1905 50 centavos
• 1905-C^N silver peso
• 1905-M^O silver peso
• 1905-Z^S silver peso
• 1905-M^O M gold peso
• 1905 5 pesos
• 1905-M^O 20 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905