Obverse
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
The Mexican eagle is depicted in profile, devouring a serpent, on a cactus and surmounted by a wreath of laurel and oak leaves.
LREngraved by Lorenzo Rafael
Mexico · 1950 · 1 pesoPeso à Morelos en billon (1950)
This coin issue comes at a time when the country is firmly governed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which uses the figure of Morelos (a hero of Independence) as a strong patriotic symbol.
The Mexican eagle is depicted in profile, devouring a serpent, on a cactus and surmounted by a wreath of laurel and oak leaves.
Portrait of José María Morelos, one of the heroes of Mexican Independence, facing left.
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2 mm.
25 centavos1953 · 21.5 mm
50 centavos1950 · 26 mm
1 peso1947 · 32 mm
5 pesos1955 · 36 mm
5 pesos1948 · 40 mm
5 pesos1953 · 40 mm
5 pesos1953 · 40 mm
