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This specimen was lot 57680 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. 2 Pesos, 1920-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck at the Mexico City mint 1919-20, 1944-47 and restruck in 1945. The 1945 ''dos pesos'', as the cheapest readily available gold coin, is the beloved raffle prize of coin clubs across the land. The last branch mints, Zacatecas and Culiacan, were closed in 1905 and all official Mexican coinage since has borne the Mexico City mintmark ("M" or "Mo").

''Recorded mintage:'' 4,282,000.

''Specification:'' 1.67 g, 0.900 fine gold, 13 mm diameter, .048 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-170; KM-461.

''[[Bibliography|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 [[Mexico|Mexican]] Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency,'' Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
* Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
* 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.
* Harris, Robert P., ''A Guide Book of Modern Latin American Coins,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1966.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
* Utberg, Neil S., ''The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963,'' San Antonio, TX, 1963.

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1919 2 pesos|1919 2 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M centavo|1920 centavo]]
* [[Mexico 1920-Mo 2 centavos|1920 2 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-Mo 10 centavos|1920 10 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-Mo 20 centavos|1920 20 centavos, bronze]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M 20 centavos|1920 silver 20 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M 50 centavos|1920 50 centavos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M peso|1920 peso]]
* [[Mexico 1920 2-1/2 pesos|1920 2½ pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M 5 pesos|1920 5 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1920-M 10 pesos|1920 10 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1920 20 pesos|1920 20 pesos]]
* [[Mexico 1921 2 pesos|1921 2 pesos, Centenario]]
* [[Mexico 1945 2 pesos|1945 2 pesos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1920]]
* return to [[Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905]]

[[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]][[Category: Gold coins of Mexico]]

Mexico 1920 2 pesos - Revision history

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