Dodecagonal penny coin with alleged minting error is quoted at more than 28 thousand pesos

Of various denominations, colors and even with coinage errors, a wide variety of coins are offered by a trading platform at stratospheric prices. On this occasion we will announce how much a low denomination copy is offered and with an alleged failure.

And it is necessary to remember that one of the elements so that the copies can acquire a little more value is some manufacturing defect, such is the case of the commemorative piece of 5 pesos by Francisco Primo de Verdad, which has also been offered on the web at high prices, although a specialist stated that despite this, the most can sell it is at 200 pesos.

In that sense, here we will reveal what is the pennies we refer to and how much it is quoted, according to a person who presumes it for sale on an internet site.

This is a copy with a nominal value of 50 cents, which was put into circulation since January 1993.

The piece is dodecagonal, that is, 12 sides, which was minted in bronze and aluminum, as reported by Banco de México (Banxico). It has a diameter of 22.0 mm and a weight of 4.39 grams.

It is part of family B, whose copies were put into circulation in 1993 to replace the pieces of family A. They are named “new pesos”, since they eliminated the other zeros (3) that appeared in their previous value, that is, those of 1,000 pesos were converted into 1 peso.

The piece we are talking about has on its obverse the typical National Shield in relief, as well as the legend “United Mexican States”.

On its reverse, the number 50 was depicted in the center of the coin, the symbol of cents on one side “¢”, as well as the year of issue. And a stylization of the Ring of Acceptance of the Sun Stone.

This low-denomination coin is offered for up to 28,750 pesos, since according to a user who presumes it on the Mercado Libre site, it has an alleged defect.

Where is the alleged error?

The alleged minting error can be seen on the date of issue that brings the coin to the center of its reverse, since according to the publication of the sale it is the number “1888″, instead of 1993, which was the year in which they were put into circulation.

For its part, another copy that has been offered at exorbitant prices is that of 5 pesos that was minted in honor of the independence of Mexico. It is one of the 37 coins that were minted as a tribute to the two historical events, that is, 19 of the Independence of Mexico and 18 of the Mexican Revolution, which began to circulate from 2008 to 2010.

Although individuals can trade their coins at their preferred cost, since they are objects of their own property, in some cases, the owners of the copies offer the pieces at exorbitant prices and according to specialists, they are not worth them. There are a number of elements or characteristics that coins must contain in order to acquire greater value.

A wide variety of tickets are also offered on various websites at stratospheric prices. A collector shared for Infobae Mexico, which piece he liked the most and the one that cost him the most work to get it.

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