Mexico 1951 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was minted in Mexico City as the first year of a type struck 1951-54. The earlier dates are very common and trade as bullion coins but the 1954 is scarce. The bust is of Miguel Hidalgo, martyr of the struggle for independence from Spain.

Recorded mintage: 4,958,000.

Specification: 27.78 g, 0.720 fine silver, .643 troy oz ASW, 40 mm diameter, edge lettered COMERCIO - AGRICULTURA - INDUSTRIA.

Catalog reference: KM 467.

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.
• 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:

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• 1951 20 centavos
• 1952 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1951
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905