Mexico 1933-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.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 428.

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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1930 10 centavos
• 1933 5 centavos
• 1933 20 centavos
• 1933 peso
• 1934 10 centavos
• 1935 copper 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1933
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905