Mexico 1925-M 50 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a better date of 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: 3,280,000.

Specification: 8.33 g, 0.720 fine silver, .193 troy oz ASW, 27 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 447.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1918 50 centavos (KM 446)
• 1921 50 centavos
• 1925 centavo
• 1925 2 centavos
• 1925 5 centavos
• 1925 20 centavos
• 1925 peso
• 1925 50 pesos
• 1935 50 centavos, 0.420 fine
• Coins and currency dated 1925
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905