Mexico 1920-M peso

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Ponterio sale 164, lot 2851
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 2851 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $287.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1920-M. Sharply struck. NGC MS-64." This type was struck 1920-45 in large numbers. No dates are rare tho some dates, such as this one, are scarce in nice condition. Reductions in size and fineness in 1918 and 1920 reduced the peso to half the silver of the "Caballito" peso. A rare overdate, 1920/10, exists.

Recorded mintage: 8,830,000.

Specification: 16.66 g, 0.720 fine silver, .385 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 455.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Amaya Guerra, Carlos Abel, Epitome Ilustrado de la Moneda Mexican Moderna, 1905 a 2015, Monterrey, Mexico, 2015.
  • 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.
  • 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, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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