1999 5 Cents

The 1999 5 Cents coin, made of stainless steel, and weighing 1.58 grams. With a diameter of 15.5 mm, and a thickness of 1.3 mm, and featuring a plain edge.

The obverse is the national emblem of mexico depicting a mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake above a half-wreath of oak and laurel below and the legend “estados unidos mexicanos” forming the upper semicircle. It reads "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS". The reverse is on a five-sided field, at center, the denomination 5¢ with the date above the 5 and the mint mark ṁ above the ¢. to the left and below, a partial border of stylized solar rays of the quincunces ring (anillo de los quincunces) on the aztec calendar stone (piedra del sol). It reads "1998 5¢ Mo".