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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1737309, member: 19065&quot;]Several dates of modern Mexican silver bullion falls into the extremely low mintage ranges and holds quite a premium, if an when you can find them for sale. There have been some recent articles on CoinWeek regarding Mexican bullion as an option for buyers to both collect and invest in, when seeking bullion but are unable to find it in the form of ASE or Maples, et al. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the articles from Coin Week, there are figures on mintages as well listed:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/modern-coins/the-coin-analyst-mexicos-silver-libertad-coins-offer-great-opportunity-for-collectors/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/modern-coins/the-coin-analyst-mexicos-silver-libertad-coins-offer-great-opportunity-for-collectors/" rel="nofollow">The Coin Analyst: Mexico’s Silver Libertad Coins Offer Great Opportunity for Collectors</a> [2013.02.25]</p><p><br /></p><p>and </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/expert-columns/al-doyle/silver-101go-south-of-the-border/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/expert-columns/al-doyle/silver-101go-south-of-the-border/" rel="nofollow">SILVER 101/GO SOUTH OF THE BORDER</a> [2013.06.18]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d wager the OPs coin in question was a modern Mexican coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of people find Mexican coinage confusing because of its ever shifting values and actual silver content. Those adjustments and so many minting problems with bad dies leading to few nice looking coins puts some people off.&nbsp; A lot of stuff you see from the Federal and Revolutionary period is really worn down, full of die cracks and some coins like Cabalitto pesos have issues with counterfeiting. Plus you find lots of cleaned coins. The more modern stuff, like the Juegos 1968 Olympics coins are just common as bullion. On the other hand, prices are really strong for certain dates from particular minting locations, even in lower grades, especially when TPG slabbed. Check out past auctions of such coins on Heritage for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally think Mexican coins are underrated by many collectors, especially the US based collector with more access to dealers and inventory in Mexican coins. Mexico is a neighbor with a rich history of minting precious metals composition coins, back to a Colonial period and different units of currency based on the old world. A lot of Mexican coins acquire interesting toning as well, which US collectors seem to pay less attention to, but those coins are vigorously collected. Copper and bronze composition coins also offer a dearth of collecting challenges and lovely designs.&nbsp; It can be a challenge to collect Mexico&#039;s coins and many will discover areas of interest (Colonial, Federal, Revolutionary, modern, bullion)&nbsp; rather than attempting to build sets of coins emcompassing all eras. I do believe there&#039;s a growing market for Mexican coins and that they shouldn&#039;t be overlooked. Like any other series of coin, it takes time to learn about each coin, it&#039;s design and symbols, what the legends mean and how to identify errors, surface issues and decipher mint marks, but that&#039;s part of what draws you in and teaches you the history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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