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5 Pesos Francisco Xavier Mina
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The aluminium bronze centre displays a three-quarter facing bust of Francisco Xavier Mina, the Spanish-born independence fighter, with his face turned slightly to the left. To the left of the bust appears the mint mark 'Mo' above the date 2008, while the denomination '$5' is positioned to the right. The sitter's name FRANCISCO XAVIER MINA is inscribed in a curved legend along the lower portion of the centre. The stainless steel outer ring carries the commemorative legend BICENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA arching around the upper half, with MÉXICO 2010 along the lower arc, flanked by two small circular ornaments. |
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Francisco Xavier Mina was a Spanish liberal who turned against his own country to fight for Mexican independence — a genuinely unusual biographical arc. Exiled from Spain for opposing Ferdinand VII's restoration, he landed on the Texas coast in 1817 with a small expeditionary force and mounted a guerrilla campaign in the Bajío region before being captured and executed at Pénjamo that same year, aged 28. This coin is part of Mexico's long-running bimetallic commemorative series honoring figures of the independence movement, issued across several years from 2008 onward.