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1 Peso Pattern, Morelos, Uniface
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing truncated bust of José María Morelos y Pavón, the Mexican insurgent leader, depicted wearing his characteristic bandana headband and ornate military collar adorned with foliate decoration. The denomination legend UN PESO appears vertically along the left field, while the mint mark Mo is placed to the right of the bust. The date 1980 is inscribed in large numerals along the lower exergual area. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Pattern coinage from the Casa de Moneda de México in this period reflects the mint's internal evaluation process as it worked through a succession of proposed designs ahead of major circulating issues. Uniface strikes — produced on only one die with a blank reverse — were a standard step in that process, allowing engravers and mint officials to assess relief, field quality, and hub integrity before committing to a paired obverse-reverse production run.
The Morelos 1 Peso series of the early 1980s was itself caught between competing pressures: chronic inflation was already eroding the peso's purchasing power so rapidly that the denomination would be largely obsolete within a few years of any new design entering circulation.