Mexico 1991 2000 pesos KM-Pn252
This specimen was lot 45443 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Bi-Metallic 2000 Pesos Pattern, 1991-Mo. Mexico City Mint. ANACS MS-65. A RARE Pattern in desirable Gem quality condition, with no noticeable marks or toning." This design was also struck in bronze (Pn250) and steel (Pn 251). As inflation crumbled the Mexican currency system in the eighties and nineties, the mint was called upon to strike ever higher denominations. Hundreds of patterns exist from this period, some genuine design studies, others mint sports struck for the amusement and profit of insiders. Mexico did not issue any bimetallic coins until the reform of 1992.
Recorded mintage: 34.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Pn252; Luna-PL-97B.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
Link to:
- 1990 100,000 pesos pattern, Plutarco Elias Calles
- 1991 100 pesos, Carranza
- 1991 100 pesos, UNICEF
- 1991 100 pesos, Ibero-American
- 1991 1000 pesos, Juana de Asbaje
- 1991 pattern 1000 pesos, "Atlan"
- 1991 onza
- 1992 250 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- 1992 500 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- 1992 1,000 pesos, Jaguar sculpture
- Coins and currency dated 1991
- return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905