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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1955-1957 |
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| Diameter | 36 mm |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national coat of arms of Mexico — an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent — is displayed within a wreath of oak and laurel branches. The denomination CINCO PESOS appears below the arms, flanked by the silver fineness LEY .720 and the coin weight 18.055 G. The legend ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS arcs around the upper periphery, with the date positioned at the base of the design in the exergue area. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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This type was introduced as Mexico reduced its silver fineness from .900 to .720 in 1955, a direct response to rising silver prices that had made the previous Cinco Pesos coins worth more as metal than as currency. The adjustment bought only a few years — by 1957, the last year of this issue, even .720 silver was becoming economically untenable for circulation coinage, and the denomination would eventually migrate to base metal entirely.
KM#469 saw just three years of production across Mexico City's mint.