MEXICO'S DOUBLE DATE COMMEMORATIVES I'm in a "doodling" mood again and am searching for Mexico's struck-for-circulation commemorative coins that bear double dates on them. Want to help me find them? All photos are courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery except where so noted. The coins we're searching for will be shown by denomination from 1 Peso through 10 Pesos. Gold 50 Pesos were also struck as Double Date business strikes, but aren't covered as part of this post. They will be in a special article in the near future. Our first $1 ($ is symbol or USA Dollar or Mexico Peso) example is a crown-sized 34.5mm silver (0.514 oz. ASW) commemorative celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Mexico's Constitution (1857-1957). 500,000 issued. Take a look: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri... 100 yrs. of Constitution&query=Mexico km 458 Our next two-dated coin transports us back to 1921 (Centennial of Mexico's Independence). This coin is a crown-sized (39mm) silver (0.7716 oz. ASW) $2 coin. This $2 silver coin features the coat of arms on its obverse and the Winged Victory on its reverse. Please observe that the Double Dates on the reverse are in Roman Numerals (1821/MDCCCXXI-1921/MCMXXI). 1,278,000 were made: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...) Independence Centennial&query=Mexico km 462 Our next Double Date coin is a big 40mm $5 silver (.6430 oz. ASW) piece honoring the Bicentennial (200 years) of Hildago's birth.This coin bears its issue year (1953) on the obverse and the bicentennial years (1753-1953) on the reverses of the 1,000,000 struck by the Mexico City Mint . Here's the photo: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...) 200 yrs. Hidalgos birth&query=Mexico km 468 The $5 silver coin of 1957 was also minted to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Mexico's Constitution (200,000 were struck): http://worldcoingallery.com/countri... 100 yrs. of Constitution&query=Mexico km 470 In 1959 Mexican officials decided to honor Caranza's 100 Year Anniversary of his birth with a striking of 1,000,000 $5 silver (36mm .4176 oz. ASW) coins. The issue date (1959) was struck at the bottom of the obverse while the Double Dates (1859-1959) were placed at the bottom on the reverse. See? http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...os (1959) Carranzas birth&query=Mexico km 471 Our quest for Double Dates brings us to the $10 silver (40mm .8356 oz. ASW) 100 Years of the Constitution commemorative: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri... 100 yrs. of Constitution&query=Mexico km 475 This next coin ends our search. It is the 1960 silver (40mm .8358 oz. ASW) $10 piece commemorating 150 Years of the War of Independence: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri... yrs. War of Independence&query=Mexico km 476 Wasn't that interesting? Clinker
When I saw the double dates in the list of topics, I thought of something else first, like error pieces or so. But then I "got" it ... Some interesting images you show here! The "Centennial of Mexico's Independence" in 1921 confused me a little. Aren't they celebrating the bicentennial this year? (off to Google and Wikipedia ... back to CT) Ah well, seems that the declaration of independence was in 1810 (Grito de Dolores) while 1821 was when Spain and Mexico signed the Córdoba Treaty. Side note: Another meaning of the $ symbol, apart from dollar and peso, is or rather was escudo. Portugal used that on coins during most of the 20th century. Christian
Hih Cristian: Thanks for reading and sharing. Be sure to read my new post "Mexico's 50 Peso Gold Coins." Clinker
Oh how I love these Mexican coins. Clinker do you own these examples or are they just internet pictures. I would love to get my hands on some of these! Thanks again for the awesome info!
Hey Pesoking! They're all courtesy of coin gallerys on the internet. Since my stroke, I can't photograph pictures, so to post photo links I've got to hunt for them. Thanks for asking, though... clinker
