Mexican Cinco Centavos 1946

[treasure_lady]

I found this coin today at an old dairy site. Only the foundation and outer walls are left of the dairy. The only thing I could find out about it...is that it is from Mexico and is 5 cents and that it is no longer in use in Mexico. It says Cinco Centavos 1946 on the front and Estados Unidos Mexicanos on the back. It looks to be a coppery/silver color. The photo of the back is more true to the actual color of the coin. It rang up as copper/silver on my detector and was about 3 inches down. I don't know the age of the dairy and I'm in northeastern California, so was a bit surprised to find it up here in the mountains. I do plan to go back to this site to see what other unique things I can find!

 

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[rvbvetter]

Very nice find! Now get back out there and find some more dang it. WTG! Good luck and Happy hunting

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool coin/find!

I've found a couple thru-out the years but not in that good of condition

Probably worth about $2 or so - they are copper.

Keep diggin and posting!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[omnicognic]

Hey, I got one of those floating around here somewhere! 8)

 

[majik]

beatiful coin and you know there is more good stuff there just waiting for you to find get back there!!!! HH Majik

 

[JARMAN]

Cool find T.L, nice add,to your collection,HH

 

[rck_1]

T.L.
Did it come out of the ground like that? it looks like you dipped it in CLR.

 

[Darod]

Very pretty coin you have there!

I found some newer ones on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...3477230&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting

and here is a post in another forum where someone was asking the value of a 1943 coin:

http://www.coinclub.com/wwwboard/messages/23779.html

By the way, I found this "silver" cinco peso for sale on eBay as well:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3964444104

Not sure if a peso and centavo are the same? Just thought I'd share

Rod

 

[treasure_lady]

Thanks for the helpful info and replies! rck_1, I don't know what CLR is. I did clean the coin though.. it was very dark reddish/brown coming out of the soil..so it must have been there a long time.
Thanks Rod for the research also!

 

[Darod]

Your welcome

Not sure it really helped. Just some interesting stuff I found,....nuthin' special

Nice coin though! It's a keeper for sure

Rod

 

[49er]

treasrue lady, what part of eastern California are you in? now that there is a lot of dairy farms in the north western part of Calif.

 

[treasure_lady]

Susanville area.. 49er.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Way to go, TL. Your finds are getting better and better. Congratulations.
Haupin