Mexico 1966 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.

Recorded mintage: 5,873,000.

Specification: 5.5 g, bronze, 23.5 mm diameter.

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.

Link to:

• 1959 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
• 1966 centavo
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• 1966 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
• 1966 25 centavos, Madero
• 1966 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
• 1966 billon peso
• 1967 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
• Coins and currency dated 1966
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905