Mexico 1964 25 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1964 and 1966, was the second attempt to revive the twenty-five centavos in the twentieth century. It flopped just like the prior attempt of 1950-53 as users preferred the twenty centavos. Madero appears on the obverse; he would reappear on the twenty centavos of 1974-83.

Recorded mintage: 20,686,000.

Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 444.

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:

• 1964 centavo
• 1964 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
• 1964 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
• 1964 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
• 1964 billon peso
• 1966 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
• Coins and currency dated 1964
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905