I was given this coin by my mom, she has no idea about this coin or do I can anyone give me some information....is it worth anything ? Thanks
to CoinTalk prox. As the legend says, you have an 1877 50 Centavos Mexican Republic coin, listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins ("Krause") as KM#407. Based on your photo I'm guessing at a VG grade, which is lower than the lowest one priced in Krause. It's value would depend on its grade or condition, it's mint mark, and whether or not off-center strikes of that series are uncommon enough to add a little value. Coins graded F range from $12-20 depending on which of eight mints struck them. I can't make out the mintmark on your coin, and I'm not familiar enough with 19th Century Mexican coins to way whether the slightly off center strike on the reverse (the side with the scale), is uncommon enough to qualify as an error, but I rather doubt it. Whichever mint produced it, it's 13.536g of .903 fine silver, with .393 oz. of pure silver, so it's worth at least the $3.35 value of its silver content.
