Mexico 1937-M 10 centavos

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72780

This ten centavos is a scarce date of a type struck 1936-46. It replaced a bronze ten centavos issued 1914-35 and was in turn superseded by another bronze ten centavos featuring Benito Juarez issued in 1955.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. The obverse design is adapted from the famous Aztec sun calendar in Mexico City. This specimen was lot 72780 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $188. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Centavos, 1937-M. NGC MS-65. Key date. Lightly toned and quite attractive."

Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.

Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-432.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1936-M 10 centavos, copper-nickel
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• 1937 20 centavos
• 1937 50 centavos
• 1938 5 centavos
• 1938 10 centavos
• 1957 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1937
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905