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This specimen was lot 72617 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $288. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Estado de Mexico. Toluca. 5 Centavos, 1915. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. Struck in cardboard. A neat piece from the revolutionary period exhibiting nice even wear." This enigmatic piece accompanies some [[Toluca (1915) 20 centavos|countermarked coinage]] issued as the same time. Many municipalities, unable to obtain regular coinage, used cardboard or paper chits to keep their bus or streetcar lines running during the Revolution. This type straddles the line between coinage and paper money.
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This specimen was lot 72617 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $288. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Mexico|MEXICO]]. Estado de Mexico. Toluca. 5 Centavos, 1915. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. Struck in cardboard. A neat piece from the revolutionary period exhibiting nice even wear." This enigmatic piece accompanies some [[Toluca (1915) 20 centavos|countermarked coinage]] issued at the same time. Many municipalities, unable to obtain regular coinage, used cardboard or paper chits to keep their bus or streetcar lines running during the Revolution. This type straddles the line between coinage and paper money.
  
 
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* [[Amecameca (1915) 5 centavos]]
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* [[Amecameca (1915) 25 centavos KM-685|Amecameca (1915) 25 centavos, copper]]
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* [[Amecameca (1915) 50 centavos]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1915 centavo]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1915 centavo]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1915 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Jalisco 1915 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Chihuahua 1915 5 centavos KM-613]]
 
* [[Chihuahua 1915 5 centavos KM-613]]
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* [[Chihuahua 1915 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Campo Morado 1915-CM 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Campo Morado 1915-CM 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Madero Brigade 1915 10 centavos]]
 
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* [[Tenancingo 1915 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Tenancingo 1915 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Toluca (1915) 20 centavos]]
 
* [[Toluca (1915) 20 centavos]]
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* [[Toluca (1915) 40 centavos]] c/s on a two centavos
 
* [[Tenancingo 1916 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Tenancingo 1916 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1915]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1915]]

Latest revision as of 13:29, 16 September 2024

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72617
Mexico SB1019-72617r.jpg

This specimen was lot 72617 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. Estado de Mexico. Toluca. 5 Centavos, 1915. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. Struck in cardboard. A neat piece from the revolutionary period exhibiting nice even wear." This enigmatic piece accompanies some countermarked coinage issued at the same time. Many municipalities, unable to obtain regular coinage, used cardboard or paper chits to keep their bus or streetcar lines running during the Revolution. This type straddles the line between coinage and paper money.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: cardboard, 1.04-1.16 g.

Catalog reference: KM-692; GB-263; M-2808.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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