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[[Image:Mexico CNG 1945.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner sale, lot 1945]] | [[Image:Mexico CNG 1945.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner sale, lot 1945]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Mexico 1935Brz 20 centavos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Mexico 1935Brz 20 centavos rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 1945 in Classical Numismatic Group's auction of the Richard Lissner collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $145.20. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MEXICO, Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 1905-pres. Æ 20 Centavos. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1935 Mo. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66 BN. Beautiful lustrous brown with faint hints of the underlying red luster. A scarce two year type, especially in this grade. None graded higher." In 1935, a brief spike in the price of silver forced the mint to suspend the production of coin in that metal. This affected the ten, twenty, fifty centavos and one peso. The ten centavos was issued in bronze (KM 435) then converted to copper-nickel (KM 432). The twenty centavos was issued in bronze (shown here, reviving a design using in 1919) then returned to silver in 1937-42. The fifty centavos was converted to billon (KM 448) then resumed in silver 1937-45. The peso was suspended 1935-38. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000,000, plus 2,460,000of the silver type (KM 438). | ''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000,000, plus 2,460,000of the silver type (KM 438). | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|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 [[Mexico|Mexican]] Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency,'' Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014. | * Bailey, Don and Lois, ''Whitman Encyclopedia of [[Mexico|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 [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992. | * Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, ''A Guide Book of [[Mexico|Mexican]] Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992. | ||
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| − | * [[Mexico | + | * [[Mexico 1934-M 20 centavos|1934 20 centavos]] |
* [[Mexico 1935-M centavo|1935 centavo]] | * [[Mexico 1935-M centavo|1935 centavo]] | ||
* [[Mexico 1935-Mo 5 centavos|1935 5 centavos]] | * [[Mexico 1935-Mo 5 centavos|1935 5 centavos]] | ||
| − | * [[Mexico 1935-Mo 10 centavos|1935 10 centavos]] | + | * [[Mexico 1935-M 10 centavos|1935 silver 10 centavos]] |
| + | * [[Mexico 1935-Mo 10 centavos|1935 bronze 10 centavos]] | ||
* [[Mexico 1935-M 20 centavos|1935 silver 20 centavos]] | * [[Mexico 1935-M 20 centavos|1935 silver 20 centavos]] | ||
| + | * [[Mexico 1935-M 50 centavos|1935 50 centavos, 0.420 fine]] | ||
* [[Mexico 1935-M peso|1935 peso]] | * [[Mexico 1935-M peso|1935 peso]] | ||
| − | * [[Mexico | + | * [[Mexico 1937-M 20 centavos|1937 20 centavos]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1935]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1935]] | ||
* return to [[Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905]] | * return to [[Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Copper and base metal coinage of Mexico]][[Category:Selections from the Lissner Collection]] | + | [[Category:Copper and base metal coinage of Mexico]][[Category:Selections from the Lissner Collection]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 10:22, 2 January 2025
The first specimen was lot 1945 in Classical Numismatic Group's auction of the Richard Lissner collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $145.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO, Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 1905-pres. Æ 20 Centavos. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1935 Mo. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66 BN. Beautiful lustrous brown with faint hints of the underlying red luster. A scarce two year type, especially in this grade. None graded higher." In 1935, a brief spike in the price of silver forced the mint to suspend the production of coin in that metal. This affected the ten, twenty, fifty centavos and one peso. The ten centavos was issued in bronze (KM 435) then converted to copper-nickel (KM 432). The twenty centavos was issued in bronze (shown here, reviving a design using in 1919) then returned to silver in 1937-42. The fifty centavos was converted to billon (KM 448) then resumed in silver 1937-45. The peso was suspended 1935-38.
Recorded mintage: 20,000,000, plus 2,460,000of the silver type (KM 438).
Specification: bronze, this specimen Ø32 mm, 15.05 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 437.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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