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10 Pesos Puebla - Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | At center, the ornate coat of arms of the State of Puebla rendered in high relief, featuring a quartered shield surmounted by a pre-Columbian serpent head crest, with the motto scrolls UNIDOS EN EL TIEMPO, EN EL ESFUERZO, EN LA JUSTICIA Y EN LA ESPERANZA encircling the shield's border, and a cartouche at the base inscribed ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE PUEBLA. The legend ESTADO DE PUEBLA arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by the mintmark Mo to the left and the date 2004 to the right at mid-field. The denomination $10 appears in the lower exergue. A ring of beads frames the inner field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to a long-running Mexican Mint series celebrating the country's states, with Puebla's issue highlighting one of the most historically loaded cities in the republic — site of the May 5, 1862 Battle of Puebla, in which Mexican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza repelled a French imperial army widely considered superior on paper. The victory was short-lived; French forces returned the following year and took the city, renaming it Zaragoza in a pointed act of mockery toward the general who had beaten them.