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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 1959383, member: 15488&quot;]5 Centavos</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickel coinage 1905-1914</p><p><br /></p><p>20mm, 5 Grams, pure Nickel</p><p>Both the Scovill and the Coe manufacturing companies in Connecticut supplied planchets. The Atthur Krupp Company in Berndorf Austria also supplied plancetes in 1913-1914.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345303[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Coinage 1914-1935</p><p><br /></p><p>During WWI the Nickel supplies became impossible to obtain. The 5 Centavos was changed to a larger Bronze coin.</p><p>28mm, 9 Grams, .950 Copper, .025 Tin, .025 Zinc</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Copper-Nickel 1936-1942</p><p><br /></p><p>A new design taken from the Aztec Calendar.</p><p>20.5mm, 4 Grams, .800 Copper, .200 Nickel</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345305[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Coinage 1942-1946</p><p><br /></p><p>Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez was the first woman in the history of Mexico to have her effigy place on a coin from Mexico. She was the wife of the Spanish-Colonial Governor of Mexico during the time of the insurrection againgt Spain. The coin was commonly known as the “Josefita”.</p><p>25.5mm, 6.5 Grams, .950 Copper, .010 Tin, .040 Zinc.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345307[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Copper-Nickel 1950</p><p><br /></p><p>A redesigned Josefa and a smaller coin was minted for this one year</p><p>20.5mm, 4 Grams, .750 Copper, .250 Nickel</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345308[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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