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100 Pesos Sacerdote - 1 oz Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 1 ONZA DE ORO LEY 0.999 (Translation: United Mexican States 1 Gold Ounce Fineness .999) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Sacerdote" — priest — belongs to Mexico's Pre-Columbian Cultures bullion series, which the Casa de Moneda launched in the early 1990s to compete directly with the Krugerrand and Maple Leaf in the international gold market. Unlike the Centenario, which carries a fixed historical identity, these issues rotate iconographic themes drawn from Aztec and Maya source material, giving each annual release a distinct collector hook without altering the underlying bullion proposition.
The 1996 date places this coin in the middle of Mexico's painful post-peso-crisis recovery, when Banco de México was under severe IMF-linked austerity constraints. Bullion coin programs continued uninterrupted — hard currency export was one tool the government actively encouraged.