Mexico 1993 10 pesos KM-570
This specimen was lot 74865 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Pesos, 1993-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-66. This incredibly majestic specimen yields a nearly blast white reverse and a tremendously colorful obverse that depicts the pyramid at El Tajin, a pre-Columbian archaeological site. Burnt sienna, seafoam green, and alluring cobalt all factor into its great iridescence, and it should undoubtedly capture the gaze of those interested in "monster toners." Includes original box of issue." Other ten pesos for 1993 include KM 553 (bimetallic), KM 650 and KM 676. This coin is ten new pesos (= 10,000 old pesos, indicated by the "N$10") but as an NCLT, it didn't much matter.
Recorded mintage: 50,905 plus 4,148 proofs.
Specification: 155.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 65 mm diameter, 5.00 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-670.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 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.
- 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.
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- Coins and currency dated 1993
- return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date