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1955 Mexico 50 Centavos

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  • AbueloAbuelo Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice. I have been looking for a nice 55 to no avail.

  • cecropiamothcecropiamoth Posts: 969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty cool, low mintage by modern standards of just over 3.5 MM coins

    After the silver content of the 1950 and 1951 dated 50 centavos fell to just 30%, 1955 was the first year for these big 'ol bronzes. Tough year, not easy to find a nice graded example as @Abuelo stated. These would only last through 1959 with no 1958-dated coins being struck. The 1956, 1957 and 1959 coins all seem to have been saved in roll quantities with the result being full RD gems being quite common.

    These are beasts... 33 mm and 14 g.

    Jeff

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coin. I suspect 66RB on the grade?

    I really enjoy the 20 Centavos series. The 1955 date has two varieties . The more challenging on to find in high MS is the earlier type reverse. I often wonder what the actual mintage figure was for this type and what the surviving population really is. I suspect the number is low. Does anyone here have access to that information?

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