Mexico 1957 10 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was minted in Mexico City to commemorate the centennial of the constitution of 1857 (hence the bust of Benito Juarez). The type was minted in small numbers compared to the ten pesos of 1955-56 and 1960 and is comparatively scarce. It was accompanied by a gold medal struck to the standard of the ten pesos of 1905-20.

Recorded mintage: 100,000.

Specification: 28.88 g, 0.900 fine silver, .835 troy oz ASW, 40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 475.

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.

Link to:

• 1954 5 pesos
• 1956 10 pesos
• 1957 centavo
• 1957 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
• 1957 50 centavos
• 1957 peso, Benito Juarez
• 1957 (10 pesos)
• 1959 gold 10 pesos, restrike
• 1960 10 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1957
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905