Nss-52's Mexican Themed Contest - Mexican Medal Prize - Starts 7/1 Ends 7/6

I will post the answers throughout this morning.

2- Name the author of a book only about Mexican numismatic medals.

The answer I was thinking of was: Frank W. Grove.


I forgot about another book only about Mexican numismatic medals (and I own a copy!)
Dr. Luis M. Gómez Wulschner


So either answer is accepted.

4- How much did someone on ebay recently (since May 1st) pay for a Mexican silver medal commemorating service to the consumer?

$100
186463755197
1974 Mexico 100 Años Al Servicio Del Consumidor Silver Medal Primer Centenario

6- What is the first year that the Mexican mint officially released a silver bullion piece specifically marked as one ounce (una onza)?

1949


This was missed by 4 contest entrants.

At this point we have two contestants that got questions 1-6 correct.


7- How many Mexican medals have I (nss-52) personally posted images of on this LINK?

No one got the answer I got. 127.

A few places you may have gone wrong:

There a number of medals that I did not post. If you counted any of those, you would get the wrong answer.

Page 1 Santo Nino de Atocha - This is the "same" medal type, but it is two different medals.

Page 7:
There are two times I posted a genuine medal next to a counterfeit medal. Each time you should have counted 1 for the genuine medal, and 1 more for the counterfeit medal.

There is also a counterfeit COIN that the seller called a "medal". But it is not a medal, it's a counterfeit coin. So neither should have been counted.

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Both of the contestants that got questions 1-6 correct gave me the exact same number for this question. Thus, a recount is not really necessary.

So, it goes to the tie breaker.... *drum roll*

8- How many Mexican medals do I have cataloged in my collection as of June 1st 2024?

300





The winner to be announced this afternoon.

Congratulations Zurie!!!

Thanks for the contest nss-52!!!

Wow, I guess I eked out a win! I'm surprised more people didn't participate. As you said, it just took some internet sleuthing, and a fortunate guess at the end. The hardest part was counting all your wonderful Mexican medal examples in your post, and I obviously did that wrong! It was a very educational contest--I learned more than I ever thought I'd know about the Mexican Mint and Mexican medals. Thanks for holding the contest!