Mexico 1983 10 pesos

Heritage sale 3015, lot 25401

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 25401 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic 10 Pesos 1983, Proof 68 Ultra Cameo NGC, extremely rare proof only date with a mintage reported in the SCWC as 3!"

This type was struck in Mexico 1974-85 but the 1983 is a proof only date. The portrait is of Miguel Hidalgo, hero of the War of Independence.

Recorded mintage: est. 3.

Specification: copper-nickel, 30.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 477.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

Link to:

• 1982 10 pesos
• 1983 copper-nickel 20 centavos
• 1983 5 pesos
• 1983 20 pesos
• 1983 libertad
• Coins and currency dated 1983
• return to Mexican coinage of the modern era, since 1905