Mexico 1944 50 pesos

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73237

This specimen was lot 73237 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 50 Pesos, 1944. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-66. Struck to commemorate the centennial of Mexican independence. An exceptional Gem, this alluring example offers deep a golden-orange appeal and great luster." This type was struck by Mexico 1921-31, 1944-47. No date is rare but 1947 is the restrike date.

Recorded mintage: 593,000.

Specification: 41.67 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.205 troy oz AGW, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-172; KM 481.

Source:

• 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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1943 (50 pesos)
• 1944 centavo
• 1944 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
• 1944 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
• 1944 50 centavos
• 1944 peso
• 1944 2½ pesos
• 1945 50 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1944
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905