Mexico 2000 5 pesos KM-656

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72910

This specimen was lot 72910 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 5 Pesos, 2000-Mo. Mexico City Mint. PCGS MS-69. Endangered Wildlife Series, featuring the Neotropical River Otter. Struck to commemorate the Nutria de Rio." In 2000, the Mexico mint issued a series of five silver five pesos NCLT's honoring endangered Mexican wildlife. In addition to the otter featured here, the others included the golden eagle, the river crocodile, the pronghorn antelope and the wild horse.

Recorded mintage: 30,000.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-656.

Source:

• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1999·2000 5 pesos, butterfly
• 2006 100 pesos Guanajuato
• 2010 5 pesos Hidalgo
• 2010 5 pesos Morelos
• Coins and currency dated 2000
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date