Obverse description	The national seal of Mexico; a Mexican eagle facing left with wings raised and held slightly open, standing on its left claw on a flowering nopal cactus that emerges from a lake and extends to each side, with its right claw and beak hold a curving snake; two branches, one of oak in front of the eagle and the other of laurel on the opposite side, form the lower half of a circle, joined in the middle by a ribbon divided into three bands.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (Translation: United States of Mexico)
Reverse description	Winged Victoria of the Mexican Independence Victory Column holding a laurel crown in her right hand (symbolizing Victory) and a broken chain in her left (symbolizing Freedom) in front of a landscape with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. Mint mark is located below her left hand.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	1/4 ONZA PLATINO PURO Mo 1989 MEXICO LEY 999 (Translation: 1/4 Ounce Pure Platinum Mexico City 1989 Mexico Fineness .999)
Edge
Mint
Mintage	1989 Mo - Proof - 3 500
Catalog ID	7852528200
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