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25 Nuevos Pesos Jaina - 1/4 oz Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The Mexican national arms — depicting an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent, with a wreath below — are displayed at center within a hexagonal border. The inscription ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS arcs along the upper legend outside the hexagon. The weight and fineness designation 1/4 ONZA DE ORO LEY 0.999 appears along the lower portion outside the hexagon, identifying the coin's gold content and purity. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 1/4 ONZA DE ORO LEY 0.999 (Translation: United Mexican States 1/4 Gold ounce Fineness .999) |
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The Jaina figurines that inspired this series were produced by Maya artisans on the island of Jaina, off the Campeche coast, primarily between 600 and 900 AD. The island functioned largely as a necropolis, and the ceramic figures were interred with the dead rather than displayed in life — making them funerary objects first, art objects only in retrospect.
Mexico's 1992–1993 monetary reform, which redenominated the peso at 1,000-to-1 and introduced the "Nuevo Peso," gave this issue its short-lived designation. By 1996 the "Nuevo" was quietly dropped from official usage.