Mexico 1956 10 pesos
This specimen was lot 72318 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Pesos, 1956-Mo. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-64. This alluring near-Gem presents wholly argent surfaces that are free from toning and exhibit an exceptional array of cartwheel luster radiating throughout." This coin was minted in Mexico City to honor Miguel Hidalgo, martyr of the War of Independence. It replaced the silver five pesos of 1951-54. In 1957, it was succeeded by a commemorative for Benito Juarez.
Recorded mintage: 3,595,000.
Specification: 28.89 g, 0.900 fine silver, 40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-474.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
Links to:
- 1955 10 pesos
- 1956 centavo
- 1956 5 centavos, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
- 1956 10 centavos, Benito Juarez
- 1956 20 centavos, Teotihuacán
- 1956 50 centavos, Cuauhtémoc
- 1956 5 pesos
- "Liberty" dollar c/s on a Mexico Hidalgo 10 pesos
- 1957 10 pesos
- Coins and currency dated 1956
- return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905