Mexico 1919 20 pesos
The first specimen was lot 1295 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 20 Pesos, 1919. NGC MS-63. Only 4 finer at NGC." In 1917, in an attempt to restore confidence in the inflation-ravaged currency, the government issued this gold twenty pesos along with a gold ten and five pesos. In 1918, two and 2½ pesos pieces were added and in 1921 the fifty pesos. Altho the smaller coins circulated for a brief while, the larger coins were completely hoarded. The mint continues to restrike this type but sells them at their current bullion value. The obverse design is adapted from the famous Aztec calendar stone but the SCWC describes it as a "gear-like design above value."
Recorded mintage: 1,094,000.
Specification: 16.66 g, 0.900 fine gold, .482 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-171; KM-478.
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- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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