Mexico 2016 50 centavos

from the Mountain Groan collection

This specimen is one of a denomination issued since the reform of the peso in 1992 (one new peso = 1000 old pesos). The original type, produced 1992-2009, was aluminum bronze, but the fall in the value of the peso (MXN$1 = US5.6¢ in September 2017) forced a conversion to stainless steel. The other minor denominations (20¢, 10¢) were also reduced.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.10 g, Stainless steel, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 936.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

Link to:

• 2000 50 centavos
• 2012 10 centavos
• 2014 20 pesos, port of Veracruz
• 2016 ¼ onza oro
• 2017 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 2016
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date