The 1912 Estados Unidos Type 1 1 Peso is a business-strike issue from Mexico. composed of silver (.903) (27.07 g).
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The 1912 Estados Unidos Type 1 1 Peso coin, engraved by Charles Pillet, and made of silver (.903). Weighing 27.07 grams, with a diameter of 39 mm, and a thickness of 2.6 mm, and featuring a smooth with inscriptions in hollow.<span class="translated_info" data-details-id="d6498f61c2bed8"><img src="/design/icones/translated.svg" alt="automatically translated" /></span><div id="d6498f61c2bed8" class="translated_details" aria-hidden="true"><div class="translated_details_intro">this is an automatic translation. the original text is:</div><div lang="fr">lisse avec inscriptions en creux.</div></div> edge.
The obverse is eagle with open wings exposing chest, eating a snake with head turned right, standing on a cactus growing out of a rock in the middle of a lake. with lettering around it and denomination at the base of the cactus. and at bottom semi-circle a laurel and olive branches tied together. emblem used during porfirio diaz dictatorship, colloquially known as "porfirian eagle". It reads "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS UN PESO". The reverse is liberty riding a horse. on her right hand an oak branch and on her left a flaming torch, with the sun rising on the horizon. commemorates the 100th anniversary of miguel hidalgo's grito de dolores, which started the war of independence from spain. It reads ".1914.".
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