Mexico 1999 5 pesos KM-630

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72909

This specimen was lot 72909 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 5 Pesos, 1999//2000-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Struck to commemorate the Millennium Series, featuring the Butterfly." This is one of several one ounce silver coins issued to mark the turning of the millennium.

Recorded mintage: 47,435 proofs.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, designed by Francisco Ortega Romero.

Catalog reference: KM-630.

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.
• ^[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.

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