Mexico 1956 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1955-59 and 1966-67. Benito Juarez, who defeated the French invasion of the 1860's, appears on the obverse. This bust was originally used on the ten pesos and one peso of 1957, the centennial of the constitution he mostly wrote. The 1956 is a slightly scarce date.

Recorded mintage: 5,255,000.

Specification: 5.5 g, bronze, 23.5 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 433.

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:

• 1955 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
• 1956 centavo
• 1956 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
• 1956 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
• 1956 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
• 1956 5 pesos, Hidalgo
• 1956 10 pesos, Hidalgo
• 1957 centavo
• 1957 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
• 1957 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
• Coins and currency dated 1956
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905