Decimal issues of the Culiacán mint
Copper
One centavo
Diameter 25 mm.
| Date | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1874 | 266,000 | |
| 1875 | 153,000 | |
| 1875/4 | ||
| 1876 | 154,000 | |
| 1877 | 993,000 | |
| 1877/6 | ||
| 1880 | 142,000 | |
| 1881 | 167,000 | |
| 1897 | 300,000 | small N in mintmark, milled edge |
| 1897 | large N in mintmark, milled edge |
KM-391.1 1c 1897 CN small N (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 16 November 2012, lot 1134)
Small "N" in mintmark.
KM-391.1 1c 1897 CN large N (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 16 November 2012, lot 11333)
Large "N" in mintmark.
In 1898, the value of copper in the large Standing Eagle centavo exceeded its face value , and another new, smaller design was proposed.
KM-394 1c 1901 C (Stack’s Bowers auction, 28 February 2025, lot 77358)
Diameter 20 mm.
| Date | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1901 | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (wide) | |
| 1902 | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (wide) | |
| 1903 | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (wide) | |
| 1903 | REPUBLICAMEXICANA (close) | |
| 1903/4 | REPUBLICAMEXICANA (close) | |
| 1905 | REPUBLICAMEXICANA (close) |
Silver
Five centavos
KM-398.2 5c 1871 Cn P (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71088)
Diameter 15 mm. 1.353 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | P | ||
| 1873 | P | 4.992 | |
| 1874 | P | ||
| 1875 | P | ||
| 1876 | P | ||
| 1886 | M | 10,000 | |
| 1887 | M | 10,000 | |
| 1888 | M | 119,000 | |
| 1889 | M | 66.000 | |
| 1890/80 | M | ||
| 1890 | M | 180,000 | |
| 1890/9 | M | ||
| 1890 | D | assayer error | |
| 1891 | M | 87,000 | |
| 1894 | M | 24,000 | |
| 1896 | M | 16,000 | |
| 1897 | M | 223,000 |
KM-400 5c 1899 Cn M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71100)
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1898 | M | ||
| 1899 | M | ||
| 1899 | Q | ||
| 1900 | Q | oval Q, narrow C | |
| 1900 | Q | oval Q, wide C | |
| 1900 | Q | round Q, single tail | |
| 1900/800 | Q | illustrated below | |
| 1901 | Q | ||
| 1902 | Q | heavy serifs. narrow C | |
| 1902 | Q | light serifs, wide C | |
| 1903 | Q | ||
| 1903/1 | Q | ||
| 1903/2 | Q | illustrated below | |
| 1903 | V | ||
| 1903/1898 | V | ||
| 1904 | H | ||
| 1904 | H | 0/9 |
KM-400 5c 1900/800 Cn Q (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71102)
Variety with narrow "C" and oval "Q".
KM-400 5c 1903/2 Cn Q (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71104)
Ten centavos
KM-403.2 10c 1871 Cn P (Ponterio Baltimore auction. 28 March 2011, lot 8922)
Diameter 17 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | P | ||
| 1873 | P | 8,732 | |
| 1881 | D | 9,440 | |
| 1882 | D | 12,000 | |
| 1885 | M | 18,000 | mule, $2.50 reverse (illustrated below) |
| 1886 | M | 13,000 | mule, $2.50 reverse |
| 1887 | M | 11,000 | |
| 1888 | M | 56,000 | |
| 1889 | M | 42,000 | |
| 1890 | M | 132,000 | |
| 1891 | M | 84,000 | |
| 1892/1 | M | 37,000 | |
| 1892 | M | ||
| 1894 | M | 43,000 | |
| 1895 | M | 23,000 | |
| 1896 | M | 121,000 |
KM-403.2 10c 1885 Cn M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71266)
In 1898 the eagle was restyled.
KM-404 10c 1898 Cn M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71275)
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1898 | M | 8,870 | |
| 1899 | Q | 80,000 | oval Q, double tail |
| 1899 | Q | round Q, single tail | |
| 1900 | Q | 180,000 | |
| 1901 | Q | 235,000 | |
| 1902 | Q | 186,000 | |
| 1903 | Q | 256,000 | |
| 1903 | V | ||
| 1904 | H | 307,000 |
Twenty centavos
KM-405 20c 1898 Cn M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72001)
Diameter 22 mm. 5.415 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1898 | M | 114,000 | |
| 1899 | M | 44,000 | |
| 1899 | Q | ||
| 1900 | Q | 68,000 | |
| 1901 | Q | 185,000 | |
| 1902/802 | Q | 98,000 | very rare overdate (illustrated below) |
| 1902 | Q | ||
| 1903 | Q | 93,000 | |
| 1904/3 | H | 258,000 | |
| 1904 | H |
KM-405 1902/802 (Stack’s-Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72007)
Twenty-five centavos
KM-406.2 25c 1871 Cn P (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72052)
Diameter 25 mm. 6.768 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | P | ||
| 1872 | P | 2,780 | |
| 1873 | P | 20,000 | |
| 1874 | P | ||
| 1875 | P | ||
| 1876 | P | ||
| 1878 | D | CN/GO | |
| 1978 | D | ||
| 1879 | D | ||
| 1880 | D | ||
| 1881/0 | D | 18,000 | illustrated below |
| 1882 | D | ||
| 1882 | M | ||
| 1883 | M | 15,000 | |
| 1884 | M | ||
| 1885/4 | M | 19,000 | illustrated below |
| 1886 | M | 22,000 | |
| 1887 | M | 32,000 | |
| 1888 | M | 86,000 | |
| 1888 | M | Cn/Mo | |
| 1889 | M | 50,000 | |
| 1890 | M | 9/8 | |
| 1890 | M | 91,000 | |
| 1892 | M | 16,000 | |
| 1892/0 | M | illustrated below |
KM-406.2 25c 1881/0 Cn D (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72060)
Assayer "D" is filled in.
KM-406.2 25c 1885/4 Cn M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72066)
KM-406.2 25c 1892/0 Cn M (Ponterio Baltimore auction. 28 March 2011, lot 9068)
Fifty centavos
KM-407.2 50c 1880 Cn D (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72219)
Diameter 30 mm. 13.536 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1871 | P | ||
| 1873 | P | ||
| 1874 | P | ||
| 1875 | P | ||
| 1876 | P | ||
| 1877/6 | G | ||
| 1877 | G | ||
| 1878 | G | 18,000 | |
| 1878 | D | CN/Mo | |
| 1978 | D | ||
| 1879 | D | ||
| 1879 | D/G | ||
| 1880/8 | D | ||
| 1880 | D | ||
| 1881/0 | D | 188,000 | |
| 1881 | D | ||
| 1881 | G | ||
| 1882 | D | ||
| 1882 | G | ||
| 1883 | D | 19,000 | |
| 1885/3 | M/G | 9,254 | |
| 1886 | M | 7,030 | |
| 1887 | M | 76,000 | |
| 1888 | M | For a discussion of this coin, see here | |
| 1892 | M | 8,200 |
KM-407.2 50c 1877/6 Cn G (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72215)
KM-407.2 50c 1878 Cn/Mo D (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 22 October 2025, lot 72217)
One peso
In 1869 the Balance Scale design was introduced. The obverse had the national coat of arms whilst the reverse design was the Balance Scale, and its three motifs – a sword, a two-pan scale, and a scroll with the word LEY – represented the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the Mexican government.
Although the public accepted the Balance Scale decimal coinage, the Balance Scale peso never took hold as a trade dollar. In 1873 the familiar and popular Liberty Cap and Rays 8 reales was restored for that purpose.
KM-408.1 $1 1871 Cn P (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 9237)
Diameter 37 mm. 27.073 g. 0.9027 silver
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1870 | E | ||
| 1871 | P | 478,000 | |
| 1871/11 | P | ||
| 1872 | P | 209,000 | |
| 1873 | P | 527,000 | narrow date |
| 1873 | P | wide date |
In 1898 a new denomination, the Liberty Cap peso, was minted, but it was not readily accepted – the peso denomination was unfamiliar, the coin was slightly (2 mm) smaller than its predecessor, the Liberty Cap and Rays 8 reales, and the fineness was given as 902,7 rather than the familiar 10 Ds 20 Gs.
KM-409 $1 1899 Cn AM (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 9275)
| Date | Asssayer | Recorded Mintage |
Comment |
| 1898 | AM | 1,720,000 | |
| 1898 | AM | Cn/Mo | |
| 1899 | AM | 1,722,000 | |
| 1899 | JQ | ||
| 1900 | JQ | 1,804,000 | |
| 1901 | JQ | 1,473,000 | |
| 1902 | JQ | 1,194,000 | |
| 1903 | FV | 1,514,000 | |
| 1904 | MH | 1,554,000 | |
| 1904 | RP | ||
| 1905 | RP | 598,000 |