Mexico 1944-M peso

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22785

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first 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:

• Amaya Guerra, Carlos Abel, Epitome Ilustrado de la Moneda Mexican Moderna, 1905 a 2015, Monterrey, Mexico, 2015.
• 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.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• 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.

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• Coins and currency dated 1944
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905