Mexico 2021 50 centavos

from the Stonecat Collection

This specimen is one of a type issued 2009-19 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: 528,466,509.

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

Catalog reference: KM 936.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 2017 50 centavos
• 2021 peso
• 2021 20 pesos, 500th anniversary of the refounding of Tenochtitlan as Mexico City
• 2021 20 pesos, bicentennial of independence
• 2021 20 pesos, bicentennial of the Mexican navy
• 2021 onza
• Coins and currency dated 2021
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date