Mexico 1957 50 centavos

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from the Mountain Groan Collection

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In the 1950's, the Mexican peso was continuing its inexorable slide. Coin types, once stable in the early part of the century, began turning over more rapidly as inflation ate away their purchasing power. While this gave employment to coin designers and engravers, it limited their scope of action as progressively cheaper alloys were adopted. This type, issued 1955-59, features the bust of Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec emperor. This bust first appeared on the five pesos of 1947-48. This fifty centavos was superseded by the copper-nickel type of 1964-83.

Recorded mintage: 9,675,000.

Specification: 14 g, bronze, 33 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 450.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1955 50 centavos
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• 1957 peso Juarez
• 1963 peso
• 1972 50 centavos
• 1972 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1957
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905