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Mexican coins

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:49 pm
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
This is likely to be an old, retread topic for some of you guys. Canadian coins come up in discussion all the time. I very rarely see them. I see Mexican coins far more often.

Would someone here please post some links so I may look up the coins I am finding? I work with Hispanics all the time and maybe they could "bird-dog" some of their silver coins up north to me. I just need to know what to look for, and how much they are worth.

Thanks for any advice you may offer! :)

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:11 pm
by Cerulean
Mexican silver:
5 centavos (90.3%) 1864-98
10 centavos (90.3%) 1869-97
10 centavos (80%) 1905-19
10 centavos (72%) 1925-35
20 centavos (80%) 1905-19
20 centavos (72%) 1920-43
25 centavos (30%) 1950-53
50 centavos (90.3%) 1866-95
50 centavos (80%) 1905-18
50 centavos (72%) 1918-45
50 centavos (42%) 1935
50 centavos (30%) 1950-51
1 peso (90.3%) 1866-1914
1 peso (80%) 1918-19
1 peso (72%) 1920-45
1 peso (50%) 1947-49
1 peso (30%) 1950
1 peso (10%) 1957-67
2 pesos (90%) 1921
5 pesos (90%) 1947-48
5 pesos (72%) 1951-59
10 pesos (90%) 1960
25 pesos (72%) 1968-72
25 pesos (72%) 1985
100 pesos (72%) 1977-79
10 pesos (core 92.5%) 1992-95
20 pesos (core 92.5%) 1993-95
50 pesos (core 92.5%) 1993-95
100 pesos (core 92.5%) 2003-present

Mexican copper:
1 centavo 1864-1949
2 centavos (95%) 1905-41
5 centavos (95%) 1914-35
5 centavos (95%) 1942-69
10 centavos (95%) 1919-35
10 centavos (95%) 1955-67
20 centavos (95%) 1920-35
20 centavos (95%) 1943-74
20 centavos 1983-84
50 centavos (95%) 1955-59

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:24 pm
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
Wow! Cerulean, just what I needed! Thank you!! :D

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:43 pm
by 97guns
i'll bring the porn


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Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:12 am
by 999Ni
i like the porn.......silver of course :mrgreen:

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:48 pm
by Pachucko
Good morning gents.

Is the list above exhaustive?

Does anyone know of a "coinflation" type site for Mexican silver?

Thanks.....Pachucko

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:46 pm
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
[quote="97guns"]i'll bring the porn
quote]

Now that is some nice looking porn! :lol: Where did you find all of those shiny silver coins??

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:50 pm
by involuntary tentacle
better run a magnet over those before you hand over your money.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:36 am
by 97guns
i bought all of them off ebay, its really easy to get junk silver for spot and under there. i snagged 175 of the 5 peso coins for $18.54 a pop when spot was just under $30 the first time and the 20 olympic peso's were picked up for $14.78 a piece around the same time.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:22 pm
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
97guns wrote:i bought all of them off ebay, its really easy to get junk silver for spot and under there. i snagged 175 of the 5 peso coins for $18.54 a pop when spot was just under $30 the first time and the 20 olympic peso's were picked up for $14.78 a piece around the same time.


I am headed to a coin shop today to buy a book on world coins. Sounds like you made a terrific score!!

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:22 am
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
Hey! How did this thread become a sticky?

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:23 am
by Derek.Sheriff

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:52 am
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
Derek.Sheriff wrote:http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/mxcoin_calculator.aspx


Cool link, Derek, thanks!

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:57 pm
by Mossy
Derek.Sheriff wrote:http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/mxcoin_calculator.aspx

For sure, "Thanks".

The list has coins the calculator does not (be my luck to find the missing coins). I tried to use that calculator to get the ASW for the above list, and some of the dates and percentages don't match up. 1, 5, 10 pesos.

But thanks to both Dereck Sheriff and Cerulian.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:42 am
by rambo_k9
Bought my first 1960 10-Peso last night. Paid a little more than I wanted to but... Its a start. Besides EBay, any suggestions on where to buy these coins?

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:42 pm
by 97guns
my local shop has a foreign coin bin that he sells for spot, theres always mexican junk in there.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:43 pm
by COINJIM
nice pics look nice

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:51 am
by 97guns
im fond of mexican gold too.


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Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:39 am
by 97guns
i just snagged 50 100 peso's, good price but im not that fond of anything under 80%. the price dictated that i put a bid in and i came up with it. came out to $18.83 a pop or $29.43/oz after the rebates.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:13 pm
by Country
97guns wrote:i just snagged 50 100 peso's, good price but im not that fond of anything under 80%. the price dictated that i put a bid in and i came up with it. came out to $18.83 a pop or $29.43/oz after the rebates.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT


If you're talking about the 1977-1978 100 Peso SILVER coins, they are only 72%. :?

I have no problems with any SILVER coins, except perhaps the Mexico 10% Pesos and the Mexico 30% 25c, which really don't have much SILVER in them. 50% GB and Australian coins are good no problem SILVERs. Rather than SILVER fineness, it's all about price. If you can get 'em cheap and well below spot, buy them.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:54 pm
by PennyBoy
Can anyone tell me the composition of a 1959 5 peso coin? Or where to look for it? I've tried researching it on Google but to no avail. Besides being 72% silver, I can't seem to find anything else.

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:42 am
by aristobolus

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:57 pm
by mr18
everywhere i go i see a 10% markup above silver value on all these mexican coins. Most are 72% and a few 90%. I thought foreign silver was suppose to be cheaper than american silver. what gives? i see provident metals has OK prices on mexican coins. Does any one else have suggestions on where to find good buys on mexican silver?

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:10 pm
by 97guns
ebay

Re: Mexican coins

PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:55 pm
by abe
I just found a 1964 25 centavo and thought it was silver, but the chart doesn't have it listed.
What the heck is it? It really does look silver :-{