Mexico 1928-M 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is from a series struck 1925-35 at the Mexico City mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the ten centavos piece struck 1905-14 (KM 428) and 1919 (KM 429) which were larger. Most dates are common tho some of the overdates are scarce. It was accompanied by silver twenty and fifty centavos.

Recorded mintage: 5,270,000, a common date.

Specification: 1.66 g, 0.720 fine silver, .038 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 428.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1927 10 centavos
• 1928 centavo
• 1928 2 centavos
• 1928 20 centavos
• 1928 5 centavos
• 1930 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1928
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905