Catalog
Token - Sellos Prehispanicos Owl
| Location | Mexico |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized pre-Hispanic owl (tecolotl) rendered as an ideographic seal, featuring large circular eyes, a beak, and a surrounding border of rectangular elements in relief. The Nahuatl word 'tecolotl' appears as an arc legend above the device, and the Spanish translation 'búho' appears as a legend below. |
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| Obverse lettering | tecolotl búho |
| Reverse description | The legend 'sellos prehispánicos' arcs around the upper portion of the field, with 'arte y cultura' arcing along the lower portion, both outside a recessed circle. Within the circle, a stylized pre-Hispanic stepped-fret and spiral device appears in relief above the legend 'MÉXICO' and the 'Mo' mint mark of the Casa de Moneda de México. |
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