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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;purple88, post: 1806597, member: 56032&quot;]A lot (well most) of the credit goes to wikipedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico debased their curremcy for much of the 20th century until the minting of the 5 Pesos Mexican Coin.&nbsp; In 1947, a new issue of silver coins was struck, with the 50 centavos and 1 peso in .500 fineness and a new 5-peso coin in .900 fineness. A portrait of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Morelos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Morelos" rel="nofollow">José María Morelos</a> appeared on the 1 peso and this was to remain a feature of the 1-peso coin until its demise. The silver content of this series was 5.4 g to the peso. This was reduced to 4 g in 1950, when .300 fineness 25 and 50-centavo and 1-peso coins were minted alongside .720 fineness 5 pesos.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauhtemoc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauhtemoc" rel="nofollow">Cuauhtemoc</a> appeared on the face of the Mexico 5 Pesos coin. He was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec" rel="nofollow">Aztec</a> ruler (of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan" rel="nofollow">Tenochtitlan</a> from 1520 to 1521. The name Cuāuhtemōc means &quot;One That Has Descended Like an Eagle&quot;, commonly rendered in English as &quot;Descending Eagle&quot; as in the moment when an eagle folds its wings and plummets down to strike its prey, so this is a name that implies aggressiveness and determination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cuauhtémoc took power in 1520 as successor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuitl%C3%A1huac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuitl%C3%A1huac" rel="nofollow">Cuitláhuac</a> and was a cousin of the former emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moctezuma_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moctezuma_II" rel="nofollow">Moctezuma II</a>. His young wife, who would later be known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Moctezuma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Moctezuma" rel="nofollow">Isabel Moctezuma</a>, was one of Moctezuma&#039;s daughters. He ascended to the throne when he was 25 years of age, as his city was being besieged by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" rel="nofollow">Spanish</a> and devastated by an epidemic of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox" rel="nofollow">smallpox</a> brought to the New World by Spanish invaders. Probably after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Massacre_in_the_Main_Temple,_Tenochtitl%C3%A1n" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Massacre_in_the_Main_Temple,_Tenochtitl%C3%A1n" rel="nofollow">killings in the main temple</a>, there were few Aztec captains available to take the position.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cortés captured Cuahtemoc and had him executed.&nbsp; A brave warrior lives on on the face of this coin.&nbsp; The coin was only minted for 2 years 1947 and 1948.&nbsp; Many less were minted in 1947.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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