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1 Peso
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1920-1945 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 MXP) |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTAD UN PESO 1944 (Translation: Liberty One Peso) |
| Edge | Lettered (incuse) |
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| Additional information |
The .720 silver standard used for this peso was a deliberate reduction from the previous .903 fine coinage, reflecting Mexico's need to retain silver for export revenue during a period when the metal commanded premium international prices. The change came as the country was still absorbing the economic wreckage of a decade of revolution.
During World War II, U.S. demand for Mexican silver to support war production drove enormous quantities of circulating coinage into the melting pot — a fate that claimed a disproportionate share of the earlier dates in this run.