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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Weight | 4.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 50c 1983 PALENQUE |
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| Additional information |
The stainless steel 50 Centavos was introduced as Mexico grappled with accelerating inflation that would, within two years, render small-denomination coins functionally worthless. By 1983 the peso was in freefall following the 1982 debt crisis — the moment Mexico announced it could not service its foreign debt, triggering a broader Latin American contagion. Coins of this type saw heavy circulation early and hoarding later, as Mexicans instinctively retained metal when paper currency depreciated fastest.
The series was discontinued before the decade ended, swept away by the redenomination that eventually replaced 1,000 old pesos with a single Nuevo Peso in 1993.