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Mexican 5 pesos coin 1971-1978

Currency - Peso=100 centavos
Type - circulation coinage

Composition - copper-nickel
Diameter - 32.9 mm.
Weight - 14.04 g.
Alignment - coin

Years of coinage - 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Mintmarks - M (Mexico)

Reverse:
Uniform bust of Vicente Guerrero right
Legend: CINCO PESOS (FIVE PESOS) / Year, mint mark

Obverse:
National arms
Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (UNITED STATES OF MEXICO)


Edge: lettered - "INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD" (INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM)

Krause catalog number - KM#472

Coins price in "UNC" - $1-2