UNITED MEXICAN STATES
2 ONZA GOLD MEDALLIC ISSUE CELEBRATING THE 445th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CASA DE MONEDA (MINT OF MEXICO)
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OBV: REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST COINAGE MINTED IN THE NEW WORLD (CALLED THE "CARLOS AND JUANA" AFTER THE RULING MONARCHS, EMPEROR CHARLES V AND HIS MOTHER QUEEN JUANA OF SPAIN), EMBEDDED RIGHT A 1980 PESO WITH LEFT FACING BUST OF REVOLUTIONARY LEADER JOSE MORELOS.
REV: PARALLEL TO FRAME A STYLIZED AZTEC FEATHERED SERPENT BORDERING EACH SIDE AND THE LEGEND "CASA DE MONEDA DE MEXICO 1535 1980", CIRUCLAR MOUND IN CENTER WITH A COLLAGE OF DIFFERENT MEXICO CITY MINTMARKS USED THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.
THE CASA DE MONEDA IS THE NATIONAL MINT OF MEXICO AND WAS THE FIRST MINT TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE AMERICAS, FOUNDED BY ORDER OF THE SPANISH CROWN IN 1535.
MEDAL CONTAINS 64.9 GRAMS OF .999 FINE GOLD (2.08473 OZ AGW)
41.6 MM IN DIAMETER
