Mexico 1980 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The stress of inflation in the 1970's as Mexico squandered her oil bonanza caused many coin types to come and go. This type was introduced in 1974 and lasted until 1980, when the regime gave up producing the now worthless coin. For 1980, blunt and pointed stem varieties exist and a 1980/79 overdate. Maize, sacred crop of the Americas, appears on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: 21,290,000.

Specification: 1.5 g, copper-nickel, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 434.1.

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:

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• 1980 onza
• Coins and currency dated 1980
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905