Mexico 1993 1/2 onza

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 77611

This specimen was lot 77611 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. Silver 1/2 Onza, 1993-Mo. Mexican (Potosi) Mint. PCGS PROOF-70 Deep Cameo." This type was struck in modest numbers 1991-95. The mintage shown here is typical. In 1996, the obverse was modified to show a side view of the statue (KM 612).

Recorded mintage: 90,500 plus 5,002 proofs.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine silver, 30 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-545.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1992 1/10 onza oro
• 1993 20 centavos
• 1993 2 pesos
• 1993 5 pesos, Anciano con brasero
• 1993 10 pesos, pyramid of El Tajin
• 1993 onza
• 1994 1/10 onza
• 1994 media onza
• 1999 media onza
• Coins and currency dated 1993
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date