Mexico 1948 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was minted in Mexico City as the second 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: 26,740,000.

Specification: 30 g, 0.900 fine silver, .868 troy oz ASW, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 465.

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.
• 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:

• 1947 5 pesos, Cuauhtémoc
• 1948 centavo
• 1948 peso
• "Liberty" dollar c/s on a Mexico Cuauhtémoc 5 pesos
• 1949 onza
• 1951 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1948
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905