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Mexico 5 pesos 1959 Mo Centenary birth Carranza

Mexico · 1959 · 5 pesos
Uncommon
€21.35minimum price
1,000,000coins minted
€22.38silver value · 13 g fine at today’s price
N15264 KM471
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The coin's story

Commemorative coin Centenary of the birth of Carranza Obverse: National Coat of arms. An eagle placed on a cactus holding in its beak and claw a snake, below an oak branch and another olive tree bound by a ribbon. Reverse: Left profile of Venustiano Carranza.

    Obverse

    CINCO PESOSESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS18.055 G · LEY .720 · 1959

    National Coat of arms. An eagle placed on a cactus holding in its beak and claw a snake, below an oak branch and another olive tree bound by a ribbon.

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    Reverse

    AÑO DE CARRANZAMo1859-1959

    Left profile of Venustiano Carranza.

    Engraved by

    Specifications

    • Denomination5 pesos
    • Year1959
    • Mintage1,000,000
    • MaterialSilver 0.720
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter36 mm
    • Thickness2.1 mm
    • Weight18.05 g
    • EdgeReeded
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    5 pesos 36 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2.1 mm.

    Composition

    Silver72 % Copper28 %

    Reference catalogues

    N15264Numista KM471Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins)

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    1 peso1957 · 34.5 mm 1 peso1964 · 34.5 mm 5 pesos1955 · 36 mm 5 pesos1957 · 36 mm 5 pesos1959 · 36 mm 10 pesos1955 · 40 mm 10 pesos1960 · 40 mm

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