1 Peso United Mexican States (1867 - ) Silver

Mint Year: 1910 Reference: KM-453. Mint Place: Mexico City  Denomination: Peso - "Caballito" - also known as the most beautiful of Mexican coins! Weight: 27.08gm Diameter: 39mm Material: Silver

Obverse: An eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on Aztec island (Tenochtitlan) with a cactus plant. All within wreath below. Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS / UN PESO

Reverse: A young woman (personification of the Republic) riding a horse, her hand lifted high in exhortation, and the date. Exergue: . 1910 .

In 1910, a new peso coin was issued, the famous “Caballito”, considered one of the most beautiful of Mexican coins. These were minted in .903 silver from 1910 to 1914.

The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos), commonly known as Mexico, is a federal constitutional 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. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, whose metropolitan area is one of the world’s most populous.

Between 1940 and 1980, Mexico experienced substantial economic growth that some historians call “El Milagro Mexicano”, the Mexican Miracle. The assumption of mineral rights by the government, and the subsequent nationalization of the oil industry into PEMEX during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas (1938) was a popular move, but sparked a diplomatic crisis with those countries whose citizens had lost businesses expropriated by the Cárdenas government.