Mexico 5 pesos 1957 Mo - Centenary of the constitution

The coin's story

This 5 pesos coin in 720 thousandths silver 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 bust of Benito Juárez, surrounded by the commemorative legend, with the mint mark near the nape of the neck. The obverse shows small arms in the centre, surrounded by the value, the weight, the date and the fineness. The coin was struck at the Mexico City Mint in 200,000 pieces. The edge bears the motto INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD (Independence and liberty).