January Featured Pricing: Mexico Silver 50 Centavos

Greysheet continues to significantly expand the number and variety of items that have regularly-updated pricing data. In United States coinage, this has includes thousands of varieties, but we also now cover worldwide paper money (under our Banknote Book brand) and we are growing our cataloging and pricing footprint for world coins as well. Print space limitations in the Monthly Greysheet preclude us from printing most of the pricing data we cover, however they are always available in our online pricing tool and app. For those dealers that are members, they are also available on CDN Exchange. The fact that some of this niche pricing does not get printed every month means almost by default it is overlooked and/or unnoticed by a percentage of our customers. We welcome feedback at pricing@greysheet.com.

This month’s featured pricing consists of Mexican silver 50 Centavos. Covering five types, four of which share the same Cap and Ray design, the years range from 1905 to 1951. The first type is the “Large Size” of .800 fine silver that is 30 millimeters in diameter. 1918 is one of two transitional years, in which both the Type One and Type Two coins were struck. The Type Two coins are a reduced 27 millimeters and only lasted two years. 1919 was once again a transitional year, with both Type Two and Type Three coins being struck. The Type Three coins remained 27 millimeters but were struck in lesser .720 fine silver. This type was struck until 1945, but with a large gap of no issuance between 1925 and 1937. The Type Four 50 Centavos is an interesting one, as it was struck in 1935 but in only .420 fine silver and is a one-year type. The Type Five features a completely new design with the bust of Cuauhtemoc and was struck for two year, 1950 and 1951.