Mexico 1999 10 centavos

from the Stonecat collection

This specimen is one of a type issued 1992-2009 after the reform of the peso in 1992 (one new peso = 100 old pesos). The weight was reduced to 1.75 g (KM 934) in 2010 and struck in that format until 2019.

Recorded mintage: 488,346,000.

Specification: 2.08 g, stainless steel, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 547.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1996 10 centavos
• 1999·2000 5 pesos, butterfly
• 1999 5 pesos, training ship Cuauhtemoc
• 1999 20 pesos, UNICEF/year of the child
• 1999 1/20 onza oro, Teocuitlatl
• 1999 ½ onza, silver
• 1999 onza
• 2001 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1999
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date