Mexico 1 peso 1866 Mo - Maximilian I

Mexico · 1866 · 1 peso

Circulating coinUncommon

€25.77estimate

2,147,675coins minted

€36.17silver value · 24.36 g fine at today’s price

N7989 KM388

RZReference number RZRZ-FBGF9

Circulating coin

Peso of Maximilian I (1866-1867)

The coin's story

This peso in 903 thousandths silver belongs to the short series struck in 1866 and 1867 in the name of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico. He reigned from 10 April 1864 to 19 June 1867, the day he was shot with Generals Miramón and Mejía on the Cerro de las Campanas, in Querétaro, Benito Juárez having refused him a pardon. The obverse bears his bearded head, with the engravers' names NAVALON, OCAMPO and SPIRITU in a ribbon below the neck. The reverse shows two griffins holding the Mexican eagle on its cactus, under the imperial crown, with the motto EQUIDAD EN LA JUSTICIA (Equity in justice). The 1866 date was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 2,147,675 pieces, Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí also struck this peso.

ObverseThe Portrait of the Emperor

MAXIMILIANO EMPERADORNAVALONOCAMPOSPIRITU

Design: Bare, moustached and bearded head of Emperor Maximilian facing right, the engravers' names in a ribbon below the neck.
Legend: MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR (Maximilian, Emperor).
Signature: NAVALON, OCAMPO, SPIRITU.

SNEngraved by Sebastián C. Navalón · attributed to Ocampo and Spiritu

ReverseThe Imperial Arms

IMPERIO MEXICANO1 PESO1866 MoEQUIDAD EN LA JUSTICIA

Design: Two griffins holding the eagle perched on a cactus, a serpent in its beak, within a wreath of foliage under the imperial crown.
Legend: IMPERIO MEXICANO (Mexican Empire).
Motto: EQUIDAD EN LA JUSTICIA (Equity in justice).
Denomination: 1 PESO.
Date: 1866 Mo (Mo, Mexico City Mint).

SNEngraved by Sebastián C. Navalón