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This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1898-1904 at the Culiacan mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the upright eagle type issued 1869-97. “Round Q, single tail” and “oval Q, double tail” varieties are recorded for the year but the SCWC prices them the same. This specimen was lot 9007 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, “MEXICO. Culiacan. 10 Centavos, 1899-CnQ. Single tail, round ‘Q’. NGC MS-64."
 
This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1898-1904 at the Culiacan mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the upright eagle type issued 1869-97. “Round Q, single tail” and “oval Q, double tail” varieties are recorded for the year but the SCWC prices them the same. This specimen was lot 9007 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, “MEXICO. Culiacan. 10 Centavos, 1899-CnQ. Single tail, round ‘Q’. NGC MS-64."
  
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''Specification:'' 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 80,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 80,000.

Latest revision as of 09:35, 15 July 2025

Ponterio sale 159, lot 9007
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a series struck 1898-1904 at the Culiacan mint. This ten centavos piece replaced the upright eagle type issued 1869-97. “Round Q, single tail” and “oval Q, double tail” varieties are recorded for the year but the SCWC prices them the same. This specimen was lot 9007 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $345. The catalog description[1] noted, “MEXICO. Culiacan. 10 Centavos, 1899-CnQ. Single tail, round ‘Q’. NGC MS-64."

Specification: 2.707 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, .078 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Recorded mintage: 80,000.

Catalog reference: KM 404.

Source:

  • 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 159: the March 2011 Baltimore Auction, featuring the Len Novotny collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers & Ponterio, 2011.

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