Mexico 1999 20 pesos

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42784
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This specimen was lot 42784 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 20 Pesos, 1999-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo." This is one of the lesser-known NCLT's issued by the Mexico City mint. The SCWC describes this as a "child playing with a lasso" but the design shows the boy performing before a crowd.

Recorded mintage: 1,510 proofs.

Specification: 6.22 g, 0.999 fine gold, 21.9 mm diameter, 0.200 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-209; KM-641.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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