This piece belongs to Mexico's long-running commemorative silver kilo series, which the Casa de Moneda de México has produced in various themes since the 1990s. The Pirámide de Kukulcán — the stepped pyramid at Chichén Itzá — gained renewed international attention in 2007 when it was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World following a global public vote, a result that generated considerable controversy among professional archaeologists who objected to the popularity-contest methodology.
KM#949 is one of several issues in the series struck to the same kilo-weight specification, limiting collector differentiation to the reverse subject alone.
This piece belongs to Mexico's long-running commemorative silver kilo series, which the Casa de Moneda de México has produced in various themes since the 1990s. The Pirámide de Kukulcán — the stepped pyramid at Chichén Itzá — gained renewed international attention in 2007 when it was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World following a global public vote, a result that generated considerable controversy among professional archaeologists who objected to the popularity-contest methodology.
KM#949 is one of several issues in the series struck to the same kilo-weight specification, limiting collector differentiation to the reverse subject alone.