Mexico 1926-M 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a better date example of a type struck 1914-35 at Mexico City. The last branch mints, Zacatecas and Culiacan, were closed in 1905 and all official Mexican coinage since has borne the Mexico City mintmark ("M" or "Mo"). The previous nickel five centavos (struck 1905-14) were struck on blanks imported from Germany, a trade made impossible by the outbreak of World War One. The bronze five centavos was demonetized in 1936 and withdrawn in 1937. The 1931 five centavos, one of the major rarities of twentieth century Mexican numismatics, was apparently struck but never officially released. There are also similar bronze one, two, ten and twenty centavos.

Recorded mintage: 3,160,000.

Specification: 9 g, bronze (.950 Cu, .025 Sn, .025 Zn), 28 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 422.

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, 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.

Link to:

• 1925 5 centavos
• 1926 centavo
• 1926 2 centavos
• 1926 10 centavos
• 1926 20 centavos
• 1926 peso
• 1926 50 pesos
• 1927 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1926
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905