Mexico 25 pesos 1968 Mo - Olympic Games

Mexico · 1968 · 25 pesos

Commemorative coinCommon

€16.87estimate

27,182,000coins minted

€24.05silver value · 16.2 g fine at today’s price

N3855 KM479

RZReference number RZRZ-BV10X

Commemorative coin

Mexico City Olympic Games (1968)

The coin's story

This 25 pesos coin in 720 thousandths silver was issued for the Games of the XIX Olympiad, held in Mexico City in 1968. The obverse shows an Indigenous ball player above the Olympic rings, it is the work of Ricardo Luna y Vasco. The reverse bears the arms of Mexico, engraved by Lorenzo Rafael, with the legend JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLIMPIADA MEXICO 1968. The coin was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 27,182,000 pieces. It exists in two types, depending on how the Olympic rings interlace.

ObverseThe Ball Player

ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS25 PESOSLEY0.720Mo

Design: An Indigenous ball player, the Olympic rings below.
Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (United Mexican States).
Denomination: 25 PESOS.
Inscription: LEY 0.720 (fineness 0.720).
Marks: Mo, Mexico City Mint.

RVDesigned and engraved by Ricardo Luna y Vasco

ReverseThe Arms of Mexico

JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLIMPIADA MEXICO 1968

Design: The golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a serpent.
Legend: JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLIMPIADA MEXICO 1968 (Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico 1968).

LRDesigned and engraved by Lorenzo Rafael

Specifications

Denomination25 pesos
Year1968
Mintage27,182,000
MintCasa de Moneda de México (Mo)
MaterialSilver 0.720
ShapeRound
Diameter38 mm
Thickness2.5 mm
Weight22.5 g
EdgeThe edge is plain.**Inscription: INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD (Independence and liberty), incuse
ScriptsLatin