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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 293245, member: 4703&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk Abbee.&nbsp; There is nothing silly about your question.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first blush after reading your description I assumed that you had a 50 centavo piece, but on checking the Standard Catalog of World Coins, 19th Century 3rd Ed., I found that the silver 1887 50 centavos (KM#407-407.8 depending on mint mark) doesn&#039;t come close to matching the description.&nbsp; That coin is shown with the date at the bottom of the obverse (front) below an Eagle with the legend &quot;Republica Mexico&quot; above.&nbsp; The reverse design has balance scales under a Liberty cap, and the legend &quot;50 Centavos&quot; followed by a mint mark and &quot;.9027&quot; indicating the fineness of the Silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I suspect that either you have a fantasy piece, or you have mis-stated the date.&nbsp; The first coinage of the &quot;Estados Unidos Mexicanos&quot; ( United States of Mexico} was dated 1905, and included in that initial coinage was a silver 50 centavos (KM#445) that does match your description.&nbsp; The same design, with minor variations, was used through 1935 on coins of increasingly smaller weight, </p><p><br /></p><p>Try posting a picture of both sides of your coin and perhaps we can more closely identify it..</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edited to add:</b>&nbsp; While I was typing others were responding.&nbsp; The coin pictured was minted <u>only</u> from 1992 on, so you either have a fake or an altered piece.&nbsp; The genuine coins are 22mm wide, minted in Aluminum-Bronze.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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