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Decimal issues of the Mexico City mint (silver 10 centavos)

KM 402 1867KM 402 1867 reverse
KM-402 10c 1867 Mo (Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction, 19 January 2023, lot 43718)

Diameter 18 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver 

Date Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1867/3   illustrated below
1867    
1868/7   illustrated below
1868    

 

KM 402 1867 3KM 402 1867 3 reverse
KM-402 10c 1867/3 Mo (Ponterio Baltimore auction, 28 March 2011, lot 8911)

KM 402 1868 7KM 402 1868 7 reverse
KM-402 10c 1868/7 Mo (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71361)

In 1869 the new Standing Eagle design was adopted, with a restyled Mexican eagle on the obverse and the denomination within a wreath of laurel on the reverse. 

KM 403.7 1882KM 403.7 1882 reverse
KM-403.7 10c 1882 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71380)

Diameter 17 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver 

Date Asssayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1869/8 C 30,000 illustrated below
1869 C  
1870 C 111,000  
1871 C 84,000  
1871 M  
1872 M 198,000  
1873 M 40,000  
1874 M    
1874/64 B    
1874 B/M    
1874 B    
1875 B    
1876/5 B    
1876/5 B/M    
1876 B    
1877/6 M   illustrated below
1877/6 M/B    
1877 M    
1878/7 M 100,000  
1878 M  
1879/69 M    
1879 M/C    
1879 M    
1880/79 M   illustrated below
1880 M    
1881/0 M 510,000  
1881 M  
1882/1 M 550,000  
1882 M  
1883/2 M 250,000 illustrated below
1884 M    
1885 M 470,000  
1886 M 603,000  
1887/6 M    
1887 M 580,000  
1888/7 M 710,000  
1888 M small Mo
1888 M large Mo
1889 M 622,000  
1889/8 M illustrated below
1890/89 M 915,000  
1890 M  
1891 M 859,000  
1892 M 1,030,000  
1893 M 310,000  
1893 M/C  
1894 M 350,000  
1895 M 320,000  
1896 B/C 340,000  
1896 M  
1897 M 170,000  

 

KM 403.7 1869 8 reverseKM 403.7 1869 8
KM-403.7 10c 1869/8 Mo C (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71363)

KM 403.7 1877 6 reverseKM 403.7 1877 6
KM-403.7 10c 1877/6 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71374)

KM 403.7 1880 79 reverseKM 403.7 1880 79
KM-403.7 10c 1880/79 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71378)

KM 403.7 1883 2 reverseKM 403.7 1883 2
KM-403.7 10c 1883/2 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71381)

KM 403.7 1889 8 reverseKM 403.7 1889 8
KM-403.7 10c 1889/8 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71389)

In 1898 the Mexican eagle was restyled.

KM 404.2 1899KM 404.2 1899 reverse
KM-404.2 10c 1899 Mo M (Stack’s Bowers auction, 13 October 2021, lot 71601)

Diameter 17 mm. 2.707 g. 0.9027 silver  

Date Assayer Recorded
Mintage
Comment
1898 M 130,000  
1899 M 190,000  
1900 M 311,000  
1901 M 80,000  
1902 M 181,000  
1903 M 581,000  
1904 M M mintmark error (illustrated below)
1904 M 1,266,000  
1905 M 266,000  

 

KM 404.2 1904 M reverseKM 404.2 1904 M
KM-404.2 10c 1904 M_ M (Stack’s Bowers Kirk Menczer Collection, 21 October 2025, lot 71401)

Variety without "o" in mintmark