Mexico 1 peso 1957 Mo - Centenary of the constitution

The coin's story

This peso in 100 thousandths billon celebrates the centenary of the Mexican Constitution of 1857. The liberal constitution of 5 February 1857, opposed by the conservatives and the Church for its anticlerical provisions, triggered the Reform War, President Benito Juárez added to it the Reform Laws, which separated Church and State. The reverse bears the profile of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico. The obverse, engraved by Manuel Luna Negrete, shows the country's arms with the value and the date. The coin was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 500,000 pieces. The edge bears the motto INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD (Independence and liberty).