Mexico 1983 peso

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1564

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 1564 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO: Estados Unidos, peso, 1983-Mo, José Maria Teclo Morelos y Pavón, scarcer variety with open 8 at base, NGC graded PF69 Ultra Cameo, R. Tied for finest known at NGC." The circulation issue of 1970-83 is common but the proofs, struck 1983 only, are scarce. Wide and narrow date varieties exist for the date.

Recorded mintage: 100,000,000 plus 1,051 proofs.

Specification: 9 g, copper-nickel, 29 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-460.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905