Mexico 2015 onza oro

Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72168

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 72168 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Gold Onza, 2015-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-70. Free from blemishes with mesmerizing frosty luster over the surfaces." Mexico began production of gold one ounce bullion coins to compete with the South African krugerrand. Fractionals are much scarcer. There have been several design changes and this type is recorded for 2000-17.

Recorded mintage: 4,800 plus 500 proofs.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1 troy oz AGW, 34.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-178a; KM 675.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• 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 June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• Mexico 2014 onza oro
• 2015 50 centavos
• 2015 20 pesos, centennial of the Mexican Air Force
• 2015 20 pesos, bicentennial of the death of José Maria Morelos
• 2015 ½ onza, gold
• 2015 onza, silver
• 2018 onza, gold
• Coins and currency dated 2015
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date