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ssuer Mexico
Period United Mexican States/Mexican Republic (1823-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1950
Value 5 Pesos (5 MXP)
Currency Peso (1823-1992)
Composition Silver (.720) (Copper .280)
Weight 27.78 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 18759 Help
References KM# 466
Commemorative issue
Opening of the Southeastern Railroad

Obverse
Eagle perched on cactus with snake in beak.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
LEY PESO
.720 277/9 g
CINCO PESOS
Mo 1950

Engraver: Manuel L. Negrete

Reverse
Rising sun with 1950 inscribed over train with two palm trees.
Commemorates the opening of the Railway line running from Mexico City all the way to the Yucatan Peninsula up to Port Progreso at the very tip of the peninsula.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INAUGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DEL SURESTE
1950

Engraver: Manuel L. Negrete

Edge
Plain with lettering

Lettering: AGRICULTURA INDUSTRIA COMERCIO

Mint
Mintmark of Casa de Moneda de México (Mo) Casa de Moneda de México, Mexico, Mexico (1535-date)
Comments
NOTE: Coin was badly distributed and most of them were stored in Mexico City Mint. Later when the time came to make other silver coins they were marked for re-melt; this destroyed over half of them, effectively making this one of the rarest mid-1900s silver coins in Mexico.

The resulting silver was used to mint part of the KM#479