Mexico 1999 5 pesos KM-635
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This specimen was lot 39366 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 5 Pesos, 1999-Mo. Mexican (Potosi) Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo." Five pesos of 1999 include KM 605 (bimetallic), KM 635 (shown here), KM 640 (UNICEF), KM 630 (butterfly), KM 631 (hand) and KM 632 (eagle and serpents). The bark Cuauhtemoc, launched in 1982, serves as a training vessel for the Mexican navy. Similar ships sail for Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Recorded mintage: 15,504 proofs.
Specification: 19.6 g, 0.999 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-635.
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- Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Links to:
- 1998 5 pesos, 1 oz silver, disco de la muerte
- 1998 5 pesos, 1 oz silver, jaguar stele
- 1999 10 centavos
- 1999·2000 5 pesos, butterfly
- 1999 20 pesos, UNICEF/year of the child
- 1999 1/20 onza oro, Teocuitlatl
- 1999 ½ onza, silver
- 1999 onza, silver
- 2000 ½ onza, silver
- Coins and currency dated 1999
- return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905