Mexico 1990 100000 pesos KM-Pn245
The first specimen was lot 11408 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 100,000 Pesos Pattern, 1990-Mo. NGC PROOF-67 CAMEO. cf.KM-Pn245. Struck in silver." The second specimen was lot 24279 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[2] noted, "MEXICO. Aluminum 100000 Pesos Pattern, 1990-Mo. Mexico City Mint. ANACS PROOF-65 Cameo. A VERY RARE Pattern, bright and attractive with deep mirrored fields and frosty devices. Some streaks appear on the reverse, from the original planchet." The SCWC lists this pattern in bronze, not silver. This piece may have been struck on request for favored insiders. Plutarco Calles was president of Mexico 1928-34 and represents the transition between Obregon and Cardenas.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: the first specimen is silver, the second specimen is aluminum.
Catalog reference: KM Pn245 (in bronze).
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
Link to:
- 1990 50 pesos, Benito Juarez
- 1990 100 pesos, Carranza
- 1990 pattern 50,000 pesos, Emiliano Zapata
- 1990 onza
- 1991 2000 pesos, bimetallic pattern
- 1992 250 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- 1992 500 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- 1992 1,000 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- Coins and currency dated 1990
- return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905