Mexico 1944-M peso

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22785

This specimen was lot 22785 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Peso, 1944-M. NGC MS-68. Tied with just three other examples for the title of finest certified. Featuring gorgeous gem brilliance." This specimen is from a type struck in massive numbers 1920-45 at the Mexico City mint (the last branch mint having closed in 1905). This date is worth only its bullion content in circulated condition. The previous types (KM 453, struck 1910-14 and KM 454, struck 1918-19) had more silver.

Recorded mintage: 35,522,000, a common date.

Specification: 16.66 g, .720 fine silver, .385 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-455.

Source:

• Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• Harris, Robert P., A Guide Book of Modern Latin American Coins, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1966.
• Utberg, Neil S., The Coins of Mexico, 1536-1963, San Antonio, TX, 1963.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1943 peso
• 1944 2½ pesos
• 1944 50 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1944
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905