Mexico 2013 50 centavos

from the Stonecat Collection

This specimen is one of a type issued since 2009 as part of the reform of the Mexican peso. It replaced a aluminum-bronze type (KM 549) struck 1992-2009. When the fifty centavos was introduced, one dollar was about three pesos; today (December 2024), US$1 = 20.6 pesos.

Recorded mintage: 359,338,000.

Specification: 3.10 g, stainless teel, 17 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 936.

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

Link to:

• 2006 50 centavos
• 2012 10 centavos
• 2012 peso
• 2012 10 pesos, battle of Puebla
• 2012 100 pesos, Numismatic Heritage, Maximilian peso
• 2012 onza
• 2013 2 pesos
• 2013 20 pesos, Mexican army
• 2013 20 pesos, Belisario Dominguez
• 2013 100 pesos, Numismatic Heritage, Iturbide 8 escudos
• 2013 onza
• 2015 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 2013
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date