MEXICO 

KM 460

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1 peso 32.0 14.10   Plain

Copper-Nickel

Coin
Obverse Reverse
Coat of arms in relief, and the legend "The United Mexican States" in Spanish, which forms the upper semicircle. On the central part of the coin  - image of  J. Morelos. On the left - word denomination, on the right - the symbol of Mexico's Minting House, below - the year of minting

José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (1765 - 1815) was one of the main early leaders of Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.