Tetela del Oro y Ocampo 1915 5 centavos

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11457

This specimen was lot 11457 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $852. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Revolution Puebla. 5 Centavos, 1915. Nice strike, brown. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." This enigmatic type was issued from the village of Tetela del Oro y Ocampo in Puebla, most likely by the Zapatistas. Two centavos (KM 760) and twenty centavos (KM 764) also exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: copper, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-762; GB-397.

Source:

• 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.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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• Tetela del Oro y Ocampo 1915 2 centavos, large size
• Tetela del Oro y Ocampo 1915 2 centavos KM-761
• Tetela del Oro y Ocampo 1915 20 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1915
• return to Coinage of the Mexican Revolution