I think the older one is like one I have and I think it is silver. I got mine for less than $1.00. Try this site for any thing else-- http://worldcoingallery.com/ Speedy
The "Diez Pesos" coin is KM#477.1, cu-ni with a bust of Mexican historical figure Miguel Hidalgo on the reverse. (Unlike in most countries, "heads" are on the "tails" side in Mexico. ) It had a mintage of 74,620,000 on a l.5mm thick planchet. A couple of years later the planchet was thickened to 2.3mm. Due to the peso devaluation of 1992, the current face value is 1 centavo. Krause lists it at 25¢ VF up to $2.25 for BU. If you can't post a better picture of the second coin, how about quoting the legends, to help out us old guys with bad eyes?
I have a couple of the second coin, my records are not in fron of me, but if memory serves me right it has about 1/2 ounce of silver in it, and is pretty much worth just it's silver content... so right now about 3.50? once agian, form memory, it may NOT have any silver in it, as their was a transitionary period when mexico took all the silver out of their coins, mostly because the silver was worht more then the face value look for "plata pura" or the like on it...
Now we have it. KM#459, 16g of barely silver - .1000 with an ASW of .0514 oz or about 36¢ bullion value, and a face value, due to devaluation, of 1/10 centavo. Although minted from 1957-67 it is listed as a commemorative of the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Mexico's constitution. The character with the high collar on the reverse is Jose Morelos y Pavon. The M, with a small "o" above it, is the Mexico City mintmark. The 1959 mintage was 27,369,000 and the Krause values are $1.25 VF to $8 BU.
The commemorative (KM#458) was a 1957 only issue with a different bust and legend on the reverse. KM#459 is the regular issue of 1957-67.
These .100 fine pesos are a medium-grey colored alloy, with a plating of "good" silver so that they look nice in BU, but once circulating, the plating wears off, revealing what the coin really is. Often found in "junk silver" lots since they're relatively common and somewhat ugly once they're worn past a nice EF.
You're right and the 32d Ed. Krause is wrong. They have the line about the anniversary under both KM#458 and KM#459. This is my first ever error report to Krause about a Western Hemisphere coin.
Sell the two coins for what ya can, and pick ya up one of these, I think I paid about 5.00 for this beuty, and it was a nice cherrypick, as it has a repunched date. BTW, if anyone has any information on the 1933 repunched date un peso, especially value, please fill me in.
No, not that one... It's a differant one, someone provided me with a close up pic of the date from a similiar coin. 1933/1933 , the repunched 9 is the most prominant. All he could provide was a pic though, he didn't have any more info on it...
I Have Both Coins. The Right One Has 10 % silver contents , the last Mexican silver coin type in circulation before replacing the Un Peso by a copper / nickel composition. the 5 pesos coin is later than the one peso. It is made from copper / nickel.
I Googled Morelos y Pavon, and it looks like he really was a character. A priest and a political dynamo in the early 1800s, he led an armed band in a wide-ranging insurrection which was eventually put down. He was executed, but this ignominy was short-lived, for his hero status kept growing. I didn't read much about the political situation, but the history you can learn thanks to both coins and the Internet is soooo cool.
