Mexico 1982 5 pesos

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1570

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 1570 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO: Estados Unidos, 5 pesos, 1982-Mo, serpent god Quetzalcoatl, rare in proof, NGC graded PF69 Ultra Cameo, R. Tied for finest known at NGC." The circulation issue of 1980-85 is common but the proofs, struck 1982-83, are rare.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000 plus 1,051 proofs.

Specification: 10.2 g, copper-nickel, 27 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM-485.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

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• 1983 peso, Morelos
• 1983 5 pesos, Quetzalcoatl
• Coins and currency dated 1982
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905