Mexico 25 pesos 1972 Mo - Benito Juárez

Mexico · 1972 · 25 pesos

Commemorative coinUncommon

€17.37estimate

2,000,000coins minted

€24.37silver value · 16.42 g fine at today’s price

N15265 KM480

RZReference number RZRZ-ADF10

Commemorative coin

Benito Juárez (1972)

The coin's story

This 25 pesos coin in 720 thousandths silver, struck in 1972, pays tribute to Benito Pablo Juárez García, President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. 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 his bust, with the value and the fineness, and the obverse the national arms. The coin was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 2,000,000 pieces. The edge bears INDEPENDENCIA LIBERTAD (Independence, liberty).

ObverseThe Arms of Mexico

ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS

Design: The eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a serpent.
Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (United Mexican States).

ReverseBenito Juárez

VEINTICINCO PESOSLEY 0.720 Mo 1972

Design: Bust of Benito Juárez.
Denomination: VEINTICINCO PESOS (twenty-five pesos).
Inscription: LEY 0.720 Mo 1972 (fineness 0.720, Mexico City Mint, 1972).

Specifications

Denomination25 pesos
Year1972
Mintage2,000,000
MintCasa de Moneda de México (Mo)
MaterialSilver 0.720
ShapeRound
Diameter38 mm
Thickness2.6 mm
Weight22.8 g
EdgeThe edge is plain.**Inscription: INDEPENDENCIA LIBERTAD (Independence, liberty), incuse
ScriptsLatin