The Mexico Coin Made in the New Orleans Mint

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While the New Orleans Mint’s sole task during most of its years of operation was to produce United States coinage, there was one exception: the Mexico 1907 20 Centavos coin.

The contract to produce Mexican coinage began at the United States Mint in 1906 with the production of 1906-dated silver 50 Centavos struck in San Francisco and 1906-dated 5 and 10 Pesos gold coins produced at the Philadelphia Mint. In 1907, Mexico continued to have the United States produce its coinage, with the Denver and San Francisco Mints striking a cumulative 14,841,000 50 Centavos coins. The 1907 20 Centavos were assigned to the New Orleans Mint to produce.

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WillieBoyd2

It appears that I have had one of these coins since the 1960's.

Mexico 20 Centavos 1907 Curved '7'
Silver, 22 mm, 5.00 gm

Panda4456

Cool is there a mint mark anywhere?

WillieBoyd2

It's an 'M' under the "20".

mvs7

@Panda4456 said:
Cool is there a mint mark anywhere?

There are no US mint marks on coins produced at US mints for Mexico, though they do appear on some coins for other countries, such as Australia, Fiji, Netherlands, Peru, Ecuador, and US Philippines. The M (Mexico City) mintmark does appear (between the 2 and 0 on the reverse above "Centavos," as the dies were prepared there.

My example:

mvs7

Just picked up an upgrade of this coin for my set from, of all places, a dealer in Australia. PCGS MS65 (1/0).

Namvet69

1907 20c curved 7, thanks for the gift of knowing what to watch for. Peace Roy