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1/2 Onza 'Libertad'
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1996-2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Mexican national arms occupy the central field, depicting a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly-pear cactus growing from a rocky outcrop, devouring a serpent clutched in its beak and talons. An oak branch and a laurel branch, tied with a ribbon, frame the base of the design. The circular legend ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS curves along the upper periphery within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Libertad series launched in 1982 as Mexico's answer to the American Silver Eagle and Canadian Maple Leaf — a bullion program designed to monetize the country's position as one of the world's largest silver producers. The half-ounce denomination was added later and has always been the quieter sibling to the one-ounce, with lower mintages across virtually every date in the series.
Certain years from the 1990s, particularly the mid-decade issues, were struck in quantities under 10,000 pieces — figures that were not widely publicized at the time and only became apparent to collectors years after the fact.