Mexican coins

I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America? Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.
RWE

RWEmerson wrote:

I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America? Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.

Mexican currency value devalued in the 1990s during a currency crisis.
As a result, they dropped three zeros, so 1000 old pesos became 1 new
peso. As a result your $100 peso coins would be worth .10 of todays
pesos (10 centavos), or about 1¢ US. Even so, I'm not old pesos are
even legal tender anymore, so they might effectively have no value as
currency at all.

That said, they might have some value as collectibles. I don't think
$100 coins are particularly rare, but if they are in good condition,
they might be worth a small premium.

--
Andrew

Not quite as good as I thought, but it'll be nice to hand out to the
grandkids and neighborhood rug-rats so they can have some bragging
rights. They really are quite handsome coins although they'd grade F
and below. I really appreciate the quick, concise answer though.
This has got to be one of the most responsive newsgroups I've run
across. It's sad to say that honesty and courtesy are a commodity to
be seen so rarely these days.
RWE

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:33:23 GMT, Andrew Taylor
wrote:

RWEmerson wrote:

I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America? Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.

Mexican currency value devalued in the 1990s during a currency crisis.
As a result, they dropped three zeros, so 1000 old pesos became 1 new
peso. As a result your $100 peso coins would be worth .10 of todays
pesos (10 centavos), or about 1¢ US. Even so, I'm not old pesos are
even legal tender anymore, so they might effectively have no value as
currency at all.

That said, they might have some value as collectibles. I don't think
$100 coins are particularly rare, but if they are in good condition,
they might be worth a small premium.

"RWEmerson" wrote in message

Not quite as good as I thought, but it'll be nice to hand out to the
grandkids and neighborhood rug-rats so they can have some bragging
rights. They really are quite handsome coins although they'd grade F
and below. I really appreciate the quick, concise answer though.
This has got to be one of the most responsive newsgroups I've run
across. It's sad to say that honesty and courtesy are a commodity to
be seen so rarely these days.
RWE

Good idea to give them out to the kids. Unless they are VF or above they
have virtually no value to collectors and maybe it will turn one of the kids
on to coin collecting. :-)

--
Ed Hendricks
ANA# R178621
eBay: edh.

Well, if they're the aluminum-bronze kind, they're worth about 30-45 cents each. Try not to contain your glee.
"RWEmerson" wrote in message ...
I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America? Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.
RWE

"RWEmerson" wrote in message
...
I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America?

Forget about currency exchange, take a day trip to Tijuanna and get some
good pussy


Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.
RWE

ftecaw wrote:

"RWEmerson" wrote in message
...
I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America?

Forget about currency exchange, take a day trip to Tijuanna and get some
good pussy

Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.
RWE


All you'll get is a nasty disease you low life.

JAM

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:40:14 -0400, "J. A. McNerney"
wrote:

ftecaw wrote:

"RWEmerson" wrote in message
...
I was recently GIVEN 12 $100 (100 Peso) coins that appear to be brass
or something besides gold circa mid-'80's. How would I go about
exchanging them for something here in America?

Forget about currency exchange, take a day trip to Tijuanna and get some
good pussy

Pretty broad question,
I know, but I can't find anything about them on the net.
RWE


All you'll get is a nasty disease you low life.

JAM

I agrree, JAM, and that wouldn't be good at all. Wonder why some
people have to spread their vulgarities in a group where it's probably
not appropriate and certainly not appreciated?
RWE

RWEmerson wrote:

Wonder why some people have to spread their vulgarities in a group where
it's probably not appropriate and certainly not appreciated?

In order to remind others of the filtering features that most
newsreaders have.

;-)
Christian