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100 Pesos Distrito Federal
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The silver centre features the Mexican national coat of arms in high relief: a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus growing from a rocky outcrop, grasping a serpent in its beak and talons, rendered in fine detail against a plain field. The aluminium bronze ring bears the national legend ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS arcing along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals. Oak and laurel branches, tied at the base with a ribbon, frame the lower portion of the ring, completing the heraldic composition. |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding |
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Part of Banco de México's 32-piece "Estados" series launched in 2003, each coin honoring one of Mexico's 31 states plus the Distrito Federal. The D.F. piece was the administrative and political heart of the republic — not technically a state, which created minor bureaucratic debate within the series over whether it belonged at all. It was included.
The .925 silver centre makes these among the heaviest bimetallic issues in Latin American commemorative coinage of the period, and actual silver content is substantial enough that melt pressure kept many from surviving in collectible condition.