Gold two peso coin - 1945 - year not date of coin?
 

I picked up a few two peso coins and my contact told me "1945" is not the date of the coin. He said they were probably struck 5 years ago or so.

Why do they continue striking 1945 on newly minted two peso gold coins?

I read this:
<Two Pesos
Dated from 1919 to 1947, the 1945 date is the easiest to find. We believe these are still officially restruck using this date.>

I cannot find any confirmation if this is true or not.

thanks

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Re: Gold two peso coin - 1945 - year not date of coin?
 

Chard is rarely if ever wrong! :biggrin:

Re: Gold two peso coin - 1945 - year not date of coin?
 

I doubt they were struck that recently but Mexican gold peso coins are often restrikes.

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Seems like I read that the date, and the President on the coin, are based on the year that president took office,,,and both remain as such until a new president is elected....but don't quote me on that,,,DYODD

Re: Gold two peso coin - 1945 - year not date of coin?
 

I would guess it's because they're too cheap to make a new die.

Re: Gold two peso coin - 1945 - year not date of coin?
 

The Austrians also have a tradition of carrying on with the same pattern. The popular and very thin gold 1915 4-ducat is still being minted.

However the Maria Theresa silver dollar has an even longer history:

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Fleamarket 2 1/2 peso coin dated 1945 for $45, gotta be a re-strike.:565:

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I have a few of those as well, and what I learned was that it was indeed, a die issue. They have working dies with that year on it, so why not use it? Saves them the costs of new die production. Early American coins were the same, sometimes they struck coins on last years dies because the new ones weren't ready yet. And then if they could, they'd re-strike the coin with the new date, which is why there are lots of two date overstrike "errors" from that time.