Mexico 2020 1/2 onza oro

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 34430

This specimen was lot 34430 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Gold 1/2 Onza, 2020-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-69. Displaying an almost Matte like finish, the present example is rather stunning in hand." In 1982, the mint of Mexico introduced the silver Libertad to great success and extended it with 1/10, 1/4, half, two and five ounce versions. The sales of gold libertads have not been so overwhelming and some are now rare. This one, first minted in 2000, is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown but likely a few thousand at most.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 29 mm diameter, 0.500 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-179a, KM-674 (Unlisted date).

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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 2018 media onza, gold
• 2020 1/20 onza, gold
• 2020 ¼ onza, gold
• 2020 onza
• 2020 2 onzas
• Coins and currency dated 2020
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905