Mexico, 2005 AD., Mexico City mint, 10 Pesos, KM 616.
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Mexico, Mexico city mint, 2005 AD.,
10 Pesos (28 mm / 10,22 g), bimetallic, copper-nickel-zinc center in an aluminium-bronze ring, 10,329 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 64.635.000 , axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS , legend above an oak and laurel wreath on a yellow bronze circle around an inner copper-nickel flan with the coat of arms of Mexico: a Mexican Golden Eagle perched upon a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake (the legend of Tenochtitlan).
Rev.: $ 10 / 2005 - {Mo} / DIEZ PESOS , the circle of the Aztec "Piedra del Sol" (Sun Stone) representing Tonatiuh with the fire mask in center, on the peripheral ring, top center the value; year to left, mint mark Mo -monogram to r.; value and denomination in script at the bottom.
KM 616 .
the legend of Tenochtitlan - how Mexico City was founded: As the Mexica, a small Mid-Mexican tribe were chased from their grounds, they had to look for new space. Their most important god, Huitzilopochtli, told the tribe they must build their new town on the place where they should find an eagle on a cactus, eating a snake. They found the place in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. The Mexica became the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan turned into Mexico City.
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1997 Mo 44,837,000
1998 Mo 203,735,000
1999 Mo 29,842,000
2002 Mo 44,721,000
2004 Mo 74,739,000
2005 Mo 64.635.000
2006 Mo 84,575,000
2007 Mo 89,678,000
2008 Mo 64,744,000
2009 Mo 54,812,000
2010 Mo 54,822,000
2011 Mo 69,731,000
2012 Mo ?
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