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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DEA, post: 4193779, member: 90140&quot;]All-righty.&nbsp; Let&#039;s visit Mexico!&nbsp; The Empire of Mexico!&nbsp; I bring to you an 1866 peso graced with the visage of Emperor Maximilian.&nbsp; Weird, huh?&nbsp; The US had an empire to its southern border twenty-six years <i>after</i> that 1820 cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do any of you know something about the mint mark, which is still used today?&nbsp; That M with an O above it.&nbsp; I know it signifies the mint in Mexico City, but where does it come from?&nbsp; I think it was used even in Spanish times.&nbsp; M probably means Mexico or Mexico City, but what&#039;s with the O above it?&nbsp; Probably something in Spanish I am not getting. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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