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<p>[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 933045, member: 19765"]Here's one of my last 3 world coins I bought and also one of my all time favorites!! Leaving culture out of the picture one of the biggest things that drew me to the coins of Mexico in the first place is the eagle on the reverse. The US also has a very dominate looking eagle but on Mexican coins the eagle is taking the snake in it's mouth which for me always draws my mind to the thought of money equals power!! Funny how our minds work at times!! [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font>[/FONT] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2">Mint Year: 1950</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Reference: KM-466</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2"> Mint Place: Mexico City</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2"> Mintage: 200,000 (<i>of which 50% were melted to be used for the 1968 Mexican Olympic 25 Pesos!</i>) . Adds to the rarity factor! </font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Denomination: Cinco Pesos (5 Pesos)</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Material: Silver (.720)</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Weight: 27.87gm</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Diameter: 40mm</font>[/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2"><b>Obverse</b></font>[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2"><b>:</b> An old locomotive on the Southern Pacific Railroad, flanked by palms. Sun containing date (1950) rising in background.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Legend: INAUGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DEL SURESTE .</font>[/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2"><b>Reverse</b></font>[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2"><b>:</b> An eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on on cactus plant. Silver purity, denomination, date and weight in fields.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS - CINCO PESOS Mo 1950 - LEY 0.720 - PESO 277 / 96</font>[/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2">The <b>Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico</b> (reporting mark <b>SPM</b>) was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway Company began construction in 1880 and opened a link to Nogales in 1882; it was a subsidiary of the American "Sante Fe" line and was subsidized by the Mexican government. The Southern Pacific bought the Sonora Railway Company in 1898 and operated it as the "Southern Pacific of Mexico" until 1951.</font>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<font size="2">It was sold to the Mexican government in 1951, becoming the Ferrocarril del Pacifico and operated from Benjamín Hill, Sonora to Guadalajara, Jalisco via Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was absorbed into Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1984.</font>[/FONT]</p><p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 933045, member: 19765"]Here's one of my last 3 world coins I bought and also one of my all time favorites!! Leaving culture out of the picture one of the biggest things that drew me to the coins of Mexico in the first place is the eagle on the reverse. The US also has a very dominate looking eagle but on Mexican coins the eagle is taking the snake in it's mouth which for me always draws my mind to the thought of money equals power!! Funny how our minds work at times!! [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]:D[/SIZE][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][I][/I]Mint Year: 1950 Reference: KM-466 Mint Place: Mexico City Mintage: 200,000 ([I]of which 50% were melted to be used for the 1968 Mexican Olympic 25 Pesos![/I]) . Adds to the rarity factor! Denomination: Cinco Pesos (5 Pesos) Material: Silver (.720) Weight: 27.87gm Diameter: 40mm[/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]Obverse[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]:[/B] An old locomotive on the Southern Pacific Railroad, flanked by palms. Sun containing date (1950) rising in background. Legend: INAUGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DEL SURESTE .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]Reverse[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]:[/B] An eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on on cactus plant. Silver purity, denomination, date and weight in fields. Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS - CINCO PESOS Mo 1950 - LEY 0.720 - PESO 277 / 96[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]The [B]Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico[/B] (reporting mark [B]SPM[/B]) was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway Company began construction in 1880 and opened a link to Nogales in 1882; it was a subsidiary of the American "Sante Fe" line and was subsidized by the Mexican government. The Southern Pacific bought the Sonora Railway Company in 1898 and operated it as the "Southern Pacific of Mexico" until 1951.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LEFT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]It was sold to the Mexican government in 1951, becoming the Ferrocarril del Pacifico and operated from Benjamín Hill, Sonora to Guadalajara, Jalisco via Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was absorbed into Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1984.[/SIZE][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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