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5 Pesos Southeastern Railroad
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Engraver(s) | Manuel L. Negrete |
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| Reverse description | The central design features a steam locomotive in profile traversing the landscape, rendered in relief against a radiant rising sun whose rays fan outward across the upper field. Two stylized palm trees flank the locomotive, evoking the tropical setting of the Yucatan Peninsula. The date '1950' is inscribed within the solar disc above the train. The commemorative arc legend 'INAUGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DEL SURESTE' curves along the upper and lateral periphery, while '1950' appears again in the lower field. The composition commemorates the inaugural opening of the Southeastern Railway line connecting Mexico City to the Yucatan Peninsula and the port of Progreso. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Ferrocarril del Sureste — the Southeastern Railroad — was a major federal infrastructure project connecting Yucatán to the national rail network, a line that had been planned and delayed for decades due to the peninsula's notoriously difficult terrain. This commemorative 5 Peso issue marked the completion of that line in 1950 under President Miguel Alemán, whose administration staked considerable political capital on modernizing Mexico's transport infrastructure.
The .720 silver standard used here was already a concession — Mexico had reduced the fineness of its larger silver coins progressively through the 1940s as silver prices climbed against fixed face values.