Mexico 1940 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1936-42 and 1945-46 in Mexico along with a copper-nickel five centavos (KM 423), both featuring elements of the Aztec calendar stone found in Mexico City in 1790. The five centavos was switched to bronze in 1942, and the ten centavos would follow in 1955.

Recorded mintage: 12,300,000.

Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 23.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 432.

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.

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• 1939 10 centavos
• 1940 centavo
• 1940 5 centavos
• 1940 20 centavos
• 1940 peso
• 1942 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1940
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905