Mexico 1920-M 50 centavos
This specimen was lot 72795 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $105.78. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 50 Centavos, 1920-M. NGC MS-66. Sharply struck with light attractive toning and strong underlying luster." This specimen is from a series struck 1919-45 at the Mexico City mint. This fifty centavos piece replaced the fifty centavo piece struck 1918-19. The "0.720" was added to the reverse to distinguish this type from earlier issues. The older coin was 9.06 g, 0.800 fine. It, in turn, was replaced by a billon fifty centavos piece in 1950. 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: 27,166,000.
Specification: 8.33 g, 0.720 fine silver, .193 troy oz ASW, 27 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-447.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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