Mexico 1947 5 pesos
This specimen was lot 72431 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 5 Pesos, 1947-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-66 Gold Shield. A blast white example with blazing mint luster radiating throughout." This coin was minted in Mexico City as the first year of a type struck 1947-48. It was the first silver coin larger than a peso struck since the independence centennial two pesos of 1921. The portrait of Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc was reused on the fifty centavos of 1955-59 and 1964-83. Later issues of the fifties were smaller.
Recorded mintage: 5,110,000.
Specification: 30 g, 0.900 fine silver, .868 troy oz ASW, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-465.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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