Mexico 1979 10 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Mexico 1974-85 but the 1983 is a proof only date. The portrait is of Miguel Hidalgo, hero of the War of Independence.

Recorded mintage: 57,200,000.

Specification: 11.5 g, copper-nickel, 30.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 477.2.

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:

• 1978 10 pesos
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• 1979 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
• 1979 peso, copper-nickel
• 1979 100 pesos
• 1979 onza
• 1981 10 pesos, Hidalgo
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905