Mexico 5 pesos 2008
Submitted by World Coin News
New circulating bimetallic commemoratives:
Mexico announced a new series of 37 bimetallic circulating commemorative 5 peso coins to honor the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence from Spain and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920. The coins are being released from 2008 to 2010.
The represented heroes in 2008 coins are:
Ignacio López Rayón
Francisco Xavier Mina
Mariano Matamoros
Carlos María de Bustamante.
Álvaro Obregón
Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa
Ricardo Flores Magón
Heriberto Jara
José Vasconcelos
Hermenegildo Galeana
Francisco Primo de Verdad Y Ramos
Miguel Ramos Arizpe
Francisco J. Mugica
(images from Joel Anderson)
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