This issue belongs to a long-running Mexican series celebrating pre-Hispanic and colonial cultures, with the Oaxaca-themed pieces drawing on the Zapotec and Mixtec heritage of Monte Albán — one of the earliest urban centers in Mesoamerica, occupied continuously for over a millennium before Spanish contact. The Casa de Moneda de México, the oldest mint in the Western Hemisphere, has struck bimetallic proof issues in this format since the mid-1990s, with annual themes rotating across Mexico's distinct regional cultures.
Mintages for individual issues in this series have historically been low, often under 1,000 pieces, though precise figures vary by year.
This issue belongs to a long-running Mexican series celebrating pre-Hispanic and colonial cultures, with the Oaxaca-themed pieces drawing on the Zapotec and Mixtec heritage of Monte Albán — one of the earliest urban centers in Mesoamerica, occupied continuously for over a millennium before Spanish contact. The Casa de Moneda de México, the oldest mint in the Western Hemisphere, has struck bimetallic proof issues in this format since the mid-1990s, with annual themes rotating across Mexico's distinct regional cultures.
Mintages for individual issues in this series have historically been low, often under 1,000 pieces, though precise figures vary by year.