Mexico 1985 250 pesos Fr-187
This specimen was lot 72163 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 250 Pesos, 1985-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-67. Commemorating the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Extremely brilliant and dazzling, this Superb-Gem radiates with allure and offers a light rose-gold color in spots. Accompanied by original cardboard container from the mint, presented as 'tesoros del mundial'." This is one of several NCLT's issued for the 1986 World Cup, which Mexico hosted. This type comes with and without the fineness marked on the coin; the proofs were struck without the fineness.
Recorded mintage: 54,770 (with and without fineness).
Specification: 8.64 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-187; KM 500.1.
- Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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- 1985 peso
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- Coins and currency dated 1985
- return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905