Mexico 1992 10 pesos

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72908

This specimen was lot 72908 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $630. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Pesos, 1992-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-69. Top Pop example in PCGS, and as choice as one could hope for. Silver center with an Aluminum-Bronze ring." This specimen is one of a type issued 1992-95. In 1997, the type was revised to drop the "N" in "N$10" and the center was converted to copper-nickel from silver.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.

Specification: 11.18 g, bronze outer ring with a silver center.

Catalog reference: KM-553.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1991 100 pesos, UNICEF
• 1991 100 pesos, Ibero-American
• 1991 pattern 1000 pesos, "Atlan"
• 1991 2000 pesos, bimetallic pattern
• 1991 onza
• 1992 new peso, bimetallic
• 1992 5 new pesos, bimetallic
• 1992 25 pesos, eagle warrior, ¼ oz silver
• 1992 250 pesos, jaguar sculpture
• 1992 500 pesos, jaguar sculpture
• 1992 1,000 pesos, jaguar sculpture
• 1992 10,000 pesos, Piedra de Tizoc, 5 oz silver
• 1992 1/20 onza oro
• 1992 1/10 onza oro
• 1992 ¼ onza oro
• 1992 media onza oro
• 1992 onza
• 1993 10 pesos, Piedra de Tizoc
• 1993 10 pesos, pyramid of El Tajin
• Coins and currency dated 1992
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date