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MEXICO
KM 485 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
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MEXICO
KM 485 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
| Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge - Lettering | Composition | Rotation |
| 5 pesos | 27.0 | 10.36 | "LIBERTAD Y INDEPENDENCIA" |
Copper-Nickel |
Coin |
| Obverse | Reverse | ||
| Coat of arms in relief, and the legend "The United Mexican States" in Spanish, which forms the upper semicircle. |
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On the
central part
of
the coin
- image of
. Quetzalcoatl.
Above - the symbol of Mexico's Minting House, on the left - denomination; below -
the year of minting Quetzalcoatl ("feathered serpent" or "plumed serpent") is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations. |