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| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Weight | 28.888 g |
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| Obverse description | The Mexican national arms occupy the central field, depicting an eagle facing left perched upon a cactus and grasping a serpent in its beak, surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel branches. The design is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the plumage and foliage. A circular legend surrounds the arms reading DIEZ PESOS and ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, with the coin's weight, fineness, and date inscribed in the lower portion of the legend: 28.888 G, 1957, and LEY 900. The entire design is bordered by a decorative milled edge pattern. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·DIEZ PESOS· ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 28.888 G·1957·LEY 900 |
| Reverse description | A left-facing portrait bust of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico and architect of the 1857 Constitution, rendered in bold relief and occupying the central field. The portrait is unadorned and naturalistic, presenting Juárez in a formal jacket, consistent with 19th-century statesman iconography. The engraver's initials 'Mo' appear in small letters to the right of the bust in the field. A circumferential legend reads CENTENARIO DE LA CONSTITUCION DE MEXICO, with the commemorative dates 1857 and 1957 inscribed in the lower portion of the reverse, separated by a central dot. The design is bordered by a decorative milled edge pattern. |
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