National arms; eagle with snake in beak standing on cactus in the middle of lake. With legend at top and oak and laurel wreath at bottom. With date under it.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLICA MEXICANA
1873 (Translation: Mexican Republic)
Reverse description
Scales of justice with radiant liberty cap at top, and law scroll below crossed by sword. With value, mint, assayer`s initial and fineness at bottom.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
LIBERTAD
LEY
UN PESO Gᴼ S. 902.7 (Translation: Liberty Law 1 Peso, Guanajuato S .9027)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
CH Chihuahua, Mexico(1811-1895) Cn Casa de Moneda de Culiacán,Mexico (1846-1905) Do Durango, Mexico (1811-1895) Ga Guadalajara, Mexico(?-1895) Go Casa de Moneda de Guanajuato,Mexico (1810-1905) Mo Mexican Mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Mexico, Mexico (1535-date) Oa Oaxaca, Mexico (1858-1893) Pi San Luís Potosí, Mexico(1827-1893) Zs Casa de Moneda de Zacatecas,Mexico (1812-1905)
Mintage
1869 Mo C - KM#408.5 - 1869 Mo M - KM#408.5 with large LEY on the scroll = pattern - 1869 Oa E - KM#408.6 - 1870 Cn E - KM#408.1 - 1870 Do P - KM#408.2 - 1870 Ga C - KM#408.3 - 1870 Mo C - KM#408.5 overdate variety exists - 5 115 000 1870 Mo M - KM#408.5 - 1870 OA E - KM#408.6 large `A` - 1870 Oa E - KM#408.6 small `a` - 1870 Pi A - KM#408.7 - 1870 Pi G - KM#408.7 - 1870 Pi H - KM#408.7 contemporay counterfeits - 1870 Pi O - KM#408.7 - 1870 Pi S - KM#408.7 - 1870 Zs H - KM#408.8 - 4 519 000 1871 Cn P - KM#408.1 overdate variety exists - 478 000 1871 Do P - KM#408.2 - 427 000 1871 Ga C - KM#408.3 - 829 000 1871 Go S - KM#408.4 overdate variety exists - 3 946 000 1871 Mo M - KM#408.5 overdate variety exists - 6 974 000 1871 OA E - KM#408.6 large `A` - 1871 Oa E - KM#408.6 overdate variety exists - 140 000 1871 Oa E - KM#408.6 small `a` - 1871 Pi G - KM#408.7 - 1871 Pi O - KM#408.7 overdate variety exists - 2 103 000 1871 Zs H - KM#408.8 - 4 459 000 1872 CH M - KM#408 - 747 000 1872 CH P - KM#408 - 1872 Cn P - KM#408.1 overdate variety exists - 209 000 1872 Do P - KM#408.2 - 296 000 1872 Do PT - KM#408.2 - 1872 Ga C - KM#408.3 - 485 000 1872 Go S - KM#408.4 - 4 067 000 1872 Mo C - KM#408.5 overdate variety exists - 1872 Mo M - KM#408.5 overdate variety exists - 4 801 000 1872 OA E - KM#408.6 large `A` - 1872 Oa E - KM#408.6 small `a` - 180 000 1872 Pi O - KM#408.7 - 1 873 000 1872 Zs H - KM#408.8 - 4 039 000 1873 CH M - KM#408 overdate variety exists - 320 000 1873 CH P - KM#408 - 1873 Cn P - KM#408.1 narrow date - 527 000 1873 Cn P - KM#408.1 wide date - 1873 Do P - KM#408.2 - 203 000 1873 Ga C - KM#408.3 overdate variety exists - 277 000 1873 Go S - KM#408.4 overdate variety exists - 1 560 000 1873 Go/Mo S/M - KM#408.4 - 1873 Mo M - KM#408.5 - 1873 Oa E - KM#408.6 - 105 000 1873 Pi H - KM#408.7 - 1873 Pi O - KM#408.7 - 893 000 1873 Zs H - KM#408.8 overdate variety exists - 1 782 000