While working in the yard I found a 1952 Mexican cinco pecos and haven't been able to find anything about it. It also shows 27 7/8 (i think) G which I assume is the silver gram weight. It has been in the ground come time, 0.720 which I assume is silver content. Can anyone give me any info. Thanks & all of us along the gulf coast thank everyone for their help in our time of disaster. Although the eastern shore of Mobile Bay did not suffer much structural damage, we have a lot of clean up to do. Your supplies, prayers and assistance is greatly appreciated and we have passed the things given on to the families that are in such dire need from Mississippi & Louisiana as they move our direction for a shelter over their heads.
Welcome to the forum. Just quessing without pic but believe you have the 1952 5 pesos the 27 7/8 is the weight of the coin in .7200 silver content .6431oz.in wieght. It has Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on the rev. If it is in xf shape it would be worth about $5.00.
bulldawg's guess is the only possibility accordiing to Krause. It's KM#467, and 9,5695,000 were struck at Mexico City as indicated by the "o" over "M" mintmark. It should have an edge inscriptions readings "COMMERCIO -AGRICULTURA -INDUSTRIA" (Commerce - Agriculture - Industry). The bust is of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, an interesting person in Mexican history: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the unique distinction of being a father in three senses of the word: a priestly father in the Roman Catholic Church, a biological father who produced illegitimate children in defiance of his clerical vows, and the father of his country. Though Guadalupe Victoria was, like Washington, his country's first president, Hidalgo was, like Washington, the man who launched a colonial independence struggle against a European mother country that had become excessively oppressive. The total weight of the coin is 27.78g, and the ASW (actual silver weight) is .6431 oz. giving a bullion value of approximately $4.72 today - not bad for a coin with a face value of 1/2 centavo (.046 of 1¢ US) since the 1992 devaluation. If it has been in the ground for any length of time, it probably wouldn't grade XF or better, so it would just be worth BV
1952 Cinco pesos coin Thanks everyone for the info. Rest assured I had not planned to retire on it. It does have the inscription on the edge & the bust on the other side and is in really good shape to have been in the ground 50 years. My house was built in 1955 & I assume that the contractors might have had Mexican workers, they come every year to dig potatoes, & it fell from one of their pockets.
