Mexico 10 pesos 1955 Mo

The coin's story

This 10 pesos coin in 900 thousandths silver, weighing 28.888 grams, was struck only in 1955 and 1956, with the head of Miguel Hidalgo on the reverse. The priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla launched the War of Independence on 16 September 1810 in Dolores, with the famous “Cry of Dolores”, captured in 1811, he was tried and shot at the end of July of the same year. The portrait was engraved by Albino del Moral and is surrounded by the motto INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD (Independence and liberty). The obverse bears the arms of Mexico with the value above and the date below. The 1955 date was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 584,500 pieces.