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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 73237, member: 669"]bulldawg's guess is the only possibility accordiing to Krause. It's KM#467, and 9,5695,000 were struck at Mexico City as indicated by the "o" over "M" mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should have an edge inscriptions readings "COMMERCIO -AGRICULTURA -INDUSTRIA" (Commerce - Agriculture - Industry).</p><p><br /></p><p>The bust is of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, an interesting person in Mexican history:</p><blockquote><p><i>Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the unique distinction of being a father in three senses of the word: a priestly father in the Roman Catholic Church, a biological father who produced illegitimate children in defiance of his clerical vows, and the father of his country. Though Guadalupe Victoria was, like Washington, his country's first president, Hidalgo was, like Washington, the man who launched a colonial independence struggle against a European mother country that had become excessively oppressive.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The total weight of the coin is 27.78g, and the ASW (actual silver weight) is .6431 oz. giving a bullion value of approximately $4.72 today - not bad for a coin with a face value of 1/2 centavo (.046 of 1¢ US) since the 1992 devaluation.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it has been in the ground for any length of time, it probably wouldn't grade XF or better, so it would just be worth BV[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 73237, member: 669"]bulldawg's guess is the only possibility accordiing to Krause. It's KM#467, and 9,5695,000 were struck at Mexico City as indicated by the "o" over "M" mintmark. It should have an edge inscriptions readings "COMMERCIO -AGRICULTURA -INDUSTRIA" (Commerce - Agriculture - Industry). The bust is of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, an interesting person in Mexican history: [INDENT][i]Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the unique distinction of being a father in three senses of the word: a priestly father in the Roman Catholic Church, a biological father who produced illegitimate children in defiance of his clerical vows, and the father of his country. Though Guadalupe Victoria was, like Washington, his country's first president, Hidalgo was, like Washington, the man who launched a colonial independence struggle against a European mother country that had become excessively oppressive.[/i][/INDENT][i][/i] The total weight of the coin is 27.78g, and the ASW (actual silver weight) is .6431 oz. giving a bullion value of approximately $4.72 today - not bad for a coin with a face value of 1/2 centavo (.046 of 1¢ US) since the 1992 devaluation. If it has been in the ground for any length of time, it probably wouldn't grade XF or better, so it would just be worth BV[/QUOTE]
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