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Mexico
1933 Mo One Peso Silver 34mm (16.50 grams) 0.720
Silver (0.3857 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 455
(1920*,21-27,32-35,38,40,43-45)
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 0.7 – 20,
Coat-of-arms of Mexico.
UN PESO LIBERTAD, Phrygian cap inscribed with
rays radiating outwards.
You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of
Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
 The
Phrygian cap is a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward,
associated in antiquity with the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region of central
Anatolia. In early modern Europe it came to signify freedom and the pursuit
of liberty, through a confusion with the pileus, the felt cap of
manumitted (emancipated) slaves of ancient Rome. Accordingly, the Phrygian
cap is sometimes called a liberty cap; in artistic representations it
signifies freedom and the pursuit of liberty.
Many of the
anti-colonial revolutions in Latin America were heavily inspired by the
imagery and slogans of the American and French Revolutions. As a result, the
cap has appeared on the coats of arms of many Latin American nations. The
coat of arms of Haiti includes a Phrygian cap to commemorate that country’s
foundation by rebellious slaves.
The cap had also been displayed on
certain Mexican coins (most notably the old 8-reales coin) through the late
19th century into the mid-20th century. Today, it is featured on the coats
of arms or national flags of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, El
Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Paraguay.
Mexico,
officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic in North
America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and
west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize,  and
the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost
two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth
largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest
independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113
million, it is the eleventh most populous and the most populous
Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populous country
in Latin America. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a
Federal District, its capital and largest city.
 In
pre-Columbian Mexico many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such
as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the
Aztec before first contact with Europeans. In 1521, the Spanish Empire
conquered and colonized the territory from its base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan,
which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would
eventually become Mexico following recognition of the colony’s independence
in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic
instability, the Mexican-American War that led to the territorial cession to
the United States, the Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a civil war, two
empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican
Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917
Constitution and the emergence of the country’s current political system. In
March 1938, through the Mexican oil expropriation private U.S. and
Anglo-Dutch oil companies were nationalized to create the state-owned Pemex
oil company.
 Mexico
has one of the world’s largest economies, it is the tenth largest oil
producer in the world, the largest silver producer in the world and is
considered both a regional power and middle power. In addition, Mexico was
the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development OECD (since 1994), and considered an
upper-middle income country by the World Bank. Mexico is considered a newly
industrialized country and an emerging power. It has the fifteenth largest
nominal GDP and the tenth largest GDP by purchasing power parity. The
economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States. Mexico ranks sixth
in the world and first in the Americas by number of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites with 32, and in 2010 was the tenth most visited country in the world
with 22.5 million international arrivals per year. According to Goldman
Sachs, by 2050 Mexico is expected to become the world’s fifth largest
economy. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) estimated in January 2013 that by 2050
Mexico could be the world’s seventh largest economy. Mexico has membership
in prominent institutions such as the UN, the WTO, the G20 and the Uniting
for Consensus.
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