E-auction 170-105528 - fwo_396721 - MEXICO 2 1/2 Pesos or Miguel Hidalgo 1945 Mexico
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Estimate : | 120 € |
Price : | 116 € |
Maximum bid : | 117 € |
End of the sale : | 18 July 2016 17:26:30 |
bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : 2 1/2 Pesos or Miguel Hidalgo
Date: 1945
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : 180000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 15,4 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,089 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
Obverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un cactus, terrassant un serpent.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOS Y MEDIO PESOS * 1945.
Reverse description : Tête de Miguel Hidalgo à gauche.
Commentary
Ce type fut frappé entre 1918 et 1920 et enfin entre 1944 et 1948. Entre 1951 et 1972, 5.025.087 pièces furent refrappées au millésime 1945. Au revers figure la tête de Michel Hidalgo (1753-1811) qui proclama l'Indépendance le 16 septembre 1810 et abolit l'esclavage le 6 décembre. Il est fusillé en 1811.