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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Krause lists a small and large date coin for this year. I have several but am having a difficult time separating the two. I have one that looks like a larger date but it might just be wear. Are there other diagnostics for these dates?
Thanks for your help! Edited by patrick
04/09/2010 12:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would assume that the 1995 Mexican Nuevo Peso would be noticable when compared to another Nuevo Peso of the same period (1992-1995). I haven't heard or seen anything written on this.
There is another modern Mexican coin that has a large and a small date and that's the 1976 5 Pesos.
Sorry no pics.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Here are a couple pics comparing what I think is the large (left) and small (right) dates. What do you think?  Edited by patrick
04/09/2010 12:18 am
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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I don't have an example from that year but, going by the scans, I'd say Krauss has just misnamed them. I think "thick date" and "thin date" would have been a better description. Do you have another year of the same type (km#550) to compare? I would have scanned an example from another year for comparison but I'm away from my collection at the moment.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm looking through 3 pesos that I have (1993, 1994, 1995) and the dates are fat on the first two, and the date is thinner on the 1995.
To tell them apart: look at the nines, the bottom lips are bulkier and take up more space when compared to a date of any year with nines in it. That's straight from my obsverations of my pesos so far. I haven't even looked at Krause yet.
Edited by Libertad
04/09/2010 10:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even the mint mark looks different.
thanks for the pics.
I need to learn how to ad pics to my comments.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I've always wondered about the Mexican mintmark. I can't discern what the "o" in the "oM" stands for, and I speak Spanish.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for all the comments. I agree that wide/narrow or thick/thin date would be a more suitable description for these varieties.
fcrazo: To add photos, click the edit button (the pencil and paper icon). Below the text box on the edit screen will be a small green camera. Click that and you'll be able to upload an image to your post. The file size needs to be small (~90k, I think) but it's a simple what to get photos into your comments.
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04/09/2010 11:14 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Libertad states: <<I can't discern what the "o" in the "oM" stands for, and I speak Spanish.>>
Me, too. I assume that the "o" is placed atop the "M", in the manner of an accent mark and for artistic reasons, and it stands for the "o" in "Mexico". The country and city share the same name: "Mexico" ("city" or "ciudad" is not used in Mexico) so when it's necessary for distinguish between the two, the city is written "Mexico D. F.", the letters standing for "Distrito Federal", or "Federal District" - in the same manner as "Washington, D. C.".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In the Mexican version of Spanish, abbreviations are used and spelled in different way. For example the word "Estado de Mexico" is abbreviated as EoMo for the mint mark. Usually the 1st letter and then the last letter, or sometimes the 1st letter and the last vowel. Sometimes the 1st letter and then the last 2 letters. It varies on some of the words and also on the region.
I read, speak, and write in Spanish and what's called Tex Mex and I'm still being surprised by different meanings and words I encounter.
Ay dios mio! Que idioma es el Espanol Mexicano. -Sorry I'm not using the proper Spanish characters here.
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04/10/2010 10:46 pm
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