Mexico 1946 50 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck by Mexico 1921-31, 1944-47. No date is rare but 1947 is the restrike date.

Recorded mintage: 1,588,000.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-172; KM-481.

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.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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:

• 1945 50 pesos
• 1946 centavo
• 1946 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
• 1946 10 centavos
• 1946 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
• 1946 2½ pesos
• 1947 50 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1946
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905