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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 927127, member: 6229"]Historical artifact featured on a modern Mexican Commemorative Coin. Just so you know, Aztecan Society consisted of two main ingredients that were interwoven together; religion and farming. Because of this understanding by archeologists and anthropologists pouring into Mexico from around the world to study the pre-columbian Aztec language (Nahuatl), it was no surprise to find two different Calendar Systems in use: One for agriculture (Xiuhophualli) and one for religion (Tonalpohualli). This is not a treatse on Aztec Calender Stones, but before we reveal the Mexican modern coin, we need to learn a few things. You already know anything Aztecan spread to the examination, scrutiny and, often, acceptance and use by other Meso-American societies such as Anastasia, Incan, Mayan, Olmecan, etc. There are a few different Meso-American Stone Calendars sitting in museums. Here's photos of three: Aztec Calendar Sunstone: flickr.com photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemania/4419055059/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemania/4419055059/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemania/4419055059/</a> Pedra do Calendario Solar: Wikimedia Commons photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:025-_Pedra_do_Calend%C3%A1rio_Solar.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:025-_Pedra_do_Calend%C3%A1rio_Solar.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:025-_Pedra_do_Calendário_Solar.jpg</a> Mayan Calendar: Wikipedia Commons photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musee_National_Anthropologie-Calendrier_Maya.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musee_National_Anthropologie-Calendrier_Maya.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musee_National_Anthropologie-Calendrier_Maya.jpg</a> Shouldn't at least one of these important artifacts of Meso-America residing in six or seven museums including the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City be preserved on a coin?The Mexican Mint released such a coin in 2009. The coin is magnificent! It is silver (.999 fineness) and weighs in at one-kilo ASW (over 32 ounces).  Disclaimer: The following link is to Panda America's website. It's sole purpose is to let you see an image of the Mexican Aztec Calendar coin. It isn't an endorsement of the coin, price or of Panda America. It, also, is not a disapproval of the coin, its price nor of Panda America:  <a href="http://www.pandaamerica.com/details.asp?item=9898&grp=1&categ=11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pandaamerica.com/details.asp?item=9898&grp=1&categ=11" rel="nofollow">http://www.pandaamerica.com/details.asp?item=9898&grp=1&categ=11</a>  Did you enjoy this bit of trivia? Clinker[/QUOTE]

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