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50 000 Peso Pattern, Emiliano Zapata, Copper Nickel
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter facing bust of Emiliano Zapata dominates the central field, rendered with strong portrait detail including his characteristic large moustache and traditional dress. The denomination $50,000 appears above the effigy, while the name EMILIANO ZAPATA is inscribed to the left of the bust and the date 1990 appears to the right. The mint mark Mo is positioned near the denomination. The portrait conveys the bold, expressive style characteristic of Mexican commemorative coinage of the late twentieth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Pattern coins from Casa de Moneda de México rarely escape institutional archives, and this 1990 issue was never adopted for circulation — Mexico's monetary reform of 1993 redenominated the peso at 1,000-to-1, effectively rendering a 50,000-peso face value obsolete before the design could progress further. The copper-nickel composition here was almost certainly a cost-reduction trial against the bimetallic and stainless-steel experiments the mint was running simultaneously for high-denomination coinage during this period.
Zapata-themed patterns from this era are catalogued sparsely; PL#90B suggests at least one parallel striking exists from the same program.