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5 Nuevos Pesos Lápida Tumba de Palenque - 1 oz Silver Bullion
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Reverse description | Within a hexagonal border, a detailed relief reproduction of the central portion of the carved limestone sarcophagus lid from the tomb of the Mayan ruler K'inich Janaab' Pakal I, located in the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque; the intricate figural scene depicts the king in a reclining posture amid cosmological and serpentine imagery. Below the hexagon, the date, mint mark, and commemorative inscription appear in the lower field, with the face value legend at the very bottom outside the hexagon. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to Mexico's Precolumbian Monuments series, which the Casa de Moneda launched in 1992 to coincide with the quincentenary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas — a politically charged moment that prompted Mexico to reframe its pre-Columbian heritage as a source of national identity rather than colonial aftermath. The series ran through the mid-1990s and drew on archaeological sites then receiving renewed academic attention.
The Palenque sarcophagus lid depicted here is the burial cover of K'inich Janaab' Pakal, the seventh-century Maya ruler whose tomb Alberto Ruz Lhuillier discovered beneath the Temple of the Inscriptions in 1952 — the first royal Maya burial found intact within a pyramid structure.