Mexico 1987 10 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1985-90 and honors the hero of the war of independence, Miguel Hidalgo. The stress of inflation in the 1980's as Mexico squandered her oil bonanza caused many coin types to come and go.

Recorded mintage: 305,000,000.

Specification: 3.84 g, stainless steel, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 512.

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.

Link to:

• 1985 20 pesos, Guadalupe Victoria
• 1987 peso, Morelos
• 1987 5 pesos
• 1987 50 pesos, Juarez
• 1987 100 pesos, Carranza
• 1987 100 pesos, Monarch butterfly
• 1988 500 pesos, Madero
• 1993 10 pesos, pyramid of El Tajin
• Coins and currency dated 1987
• return to coins of Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905