Mexico 2010 5 onzas

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73270
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This specimen was lot 73270 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 5 Onza (Ounces), 2010-Mo. Mexico (Potosi) Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Tied for finest certified of the date with 24 other pieces on the NGC census. Bright and flashy with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices garnering a near perfect grade from NGC. Free of tone, haze or fog." This type was struck in small numbers 1996-2024. The mintage shown here is typical.

Recorded mintage: 9,500 plus 2,000 proofs.

Specification: 155.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 65 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-615.

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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