Mexico 1903-Mo AM peso

Ponterio sale 169, lot 11299

This specimen was lot 11299 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $306. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1903-MoAM. PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder." The type was struck 1898-1905 and 1908-09; this date is common. A very rare variety, 1903-M^O MA, exists and is worth a substantial premium.

Recorded mintage: 22,396,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-409.2.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of 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 Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1902-Mo silver peso
• 1902-Zs silver peso
• 1903-C centavo
• 1903-M centavo
• 1903-C^N Q 5 centavos
• 1903-C^N V 5 centavos
• 1903-M^O 20 centavos
• 1903-C^N Q 10 centavos
• 1903-C^N V 10 centavos
• 1903-M^O 10 centavos
• 1903-C^N 20 centavos
• 1903-C^N FV peso
• 1903-C^N JQ peso
• 1903-M^O MA peso
• 1903-Z^S peso
• 1904-C^N MH peso
• 1903-M^O peso oro
• 1903-M^O 5 pesos
• 1903-C^N 10 pesos
• 1903-C^N 20 pesos
• 1903-M^O 10 pesos
• 1908-Mo silver peso
• Coins and currency dated 1903
• return to Decimal coinage of the Republic of Mexico, 1863-1905