Mexico 1936-M 10 centavos
The first specimen was lot 72148 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Centavos, 1936-M. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-66. Tied for the finest certified example by PCGS, this handsome Gem offers an artful luster and barely any evidence of marking. A premium example for the specialist in Mexican coins." This ten centavos is from a type struck 1936-42, 1945-46. It replaced a bronze ten centavos issued 1914-35 and was in turn superseded by another bronze ten centavos featuring Benito Juarez issued in 1955. The 1937 is scarce in uncirculated, the rest are common.
Recorded mintage: 33,030,000, the second highest mintage date.
Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 23.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 432.
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- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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