1 Peso

Features

Country	Mexico (Estados Unidos)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1957-1967
Value	1 Peso (1 MXP)
Composition	Silver (.100)
Weight	16 g
Diameter	34.5 mm
Thickness	2.3 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	yes
References	KM# 459, Schön# 53 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

Country name (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) in a semicircle over the Mexican coat of arms: a Mexican golden eagle standing on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. At the base of the cactus there is a holm oak (encino) branch on one side and a laurel branch on the other. Denomination and year at the bottom.

Lettering:
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
·UN PESO 1961·

Translation:
United Mexican States
·One Peso 1961·

Reverse

Jose Morelos portrait facing right

NOTE: Mintmark Mo to left of head

Lettering:
O
M

Edge

Plain with lettering

Lettering: INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD

Translation: Independence and Liberty

Comments

Coin composition Silver (.100) and Brass (.900), so this would rather be called a brass coin, but still 1.6 gram of silver is worth more than 14.4 grams of brass.
The exact composition of those coins is .700 Copper, .100 Nickel, .100 Zinc and .100 Silver.

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Year	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1957 Mo	28,273,000	2.93	2.77	4.16	5.58
1958 Mo	41,899,000	0.99	1.95	2.64	2.45
1959 Mo	27,369,000	2.72	1.92	2.09
1960 Mo	26,259,000		2.20	2.27
1961 Mo	52,601,000	2.77	2.22	2.27
1962 Mo	61,094,000	0.97	3.10	3.69
1963 Mo	26,394,000		1.11	4.50		4.37
1964 Mo	15,615,000		6.66	2.57		2.87
1965 Mo	5,004,000		2.75	8.14		5.17
1966 Mo	30,998,000		3.02	2.77		2.98
1967 Mo	9,308,000			4.43

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