1986 Mexico 100 Pesos — Venustiano Carranza

Specifications

Denomination: 100 Pesos
Series: Venustiano Carranza 100 pesos
Years of issue: 1984-1992
Composition: 100% Other
Weight: 11.7 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Edge: Interrupted reeding
Mint marks: Mo
KM: KM 493
Mintage: 43000000
Key mintages: 1986 issue (Greysheet).

AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a genuine coin. Design: obverse National arms of Mexico, 'ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS'; reverse Bust of Venustiano Carranza facing right, diagonal '$100', 'V. CARRANZA', date, 'Mo', Braille-like denomination dots.

Venustiano Carranza on a chunky aluminium-bronze 100 pesos from the inflation era — Braille-like denomination dots included.

History

Struck 1984–1992 at the Mexico City mint, the 100 pesos of KM 493 carries the portrait of Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Constitutionalist movement and president of Mexico (ngccoin.com; coinscatalog.net, accessed 2026-09-16).
Specifications: 11.7 g, 26.5 mm, aluminum-bronze, with segmented/interrupted reeding on the edge (ngccoin.com; Greysheet, accessed 2026-09-16).
The reverse shows Carranza’s bust with the denomination struck diagonally as ‘$100’; the obverse carries the national arms (coinscatalog.net, accessed 2026-09-16).
The denomination is also rendered in raised dots in a Braille-like pattern — a distinctive accessibility feature of the type (coinscatalog.net, accessed 2026-09-16).
43,000,000 were struck in 1986, a high-mintage year that keeps circulated examples inexpensive (Greysheet, accessed 2026-09-16).

Key dates and varieties

1986 — 43,000,000 struck, the high-mintage year and the cheap type coin (Greysheet, accessed 2026-09-16).
1984 — first year of the type; type collectors want the debut issue (ngccoin.com, accessed 2026-09-16).
1992 — final year of the type before the nuevo peso reform (ngccoin.com, accessed 2026-09-16).

Specifications

Composition: Aluminum-bronze (exact alloy percentages unverified)
Designers: Designer not verified from a citable source
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Edge: Interrupted reeding
Weight: 11.7 g

Collector notes

This is an aluminum-bronze coin with no precious metal — it’s a face-value and history play, not a melt play.
Don’t confuse it with the silver 100-pesos commemoratives of the same era — completely different coins.
Mint State examples are cheap; buy the best-looking one rather than upgrading later.
Check the diagonal $100 and the Braille-like dots are fully struck — weak strikes are common.