Mexico, 1945 AD., Mexico City mint, 2 Pesos, KM 461.

Mexico, Mexico City mint, 1945 AD., type minted 1945-1996,
2 Pesos (ø 13 mm / 1,66 g), 0.900 Gold, axes coin alignment ?? (180°), reeded edge with a unique || || || || || pattern,
Obv.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS , national arms: eagle with snake in beak on cactus, oak and laurel branches below.
Rev.: 1945 / DOS / PESOS / Mo , value below date within wreath, mint mark below.
KM 461 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage / Frequency

1919 Mo 1 670 000 4%
1920 Mo 4 282 000 $ 102 9% overdate variety exists
1944 Mo 10 000 $ 480 0.6%
1945 Mo 140 000 $ 91 $ 108 17% 1945 original strikes
1945 Mo 4 590 493 $ 85 $ 85 $ 85 $ 95 67% 1951-1972 restrikes (dated 1945)
1945 Mo 7% 1996 Matte restrikes (dated 1945)
1946 Mo 168 000 0.6%
1947 Mo 25 000 1.3%
1948 Mo 45 000 1.3% no specimens known

The obverse depicts the legend of Tenochtitlan - how Mexico City was founded: As the Mexica, a small Mid-Mexican tribe were chased from their grounds, they had to look for new space. Their most important god, Huitzilopochtli, told the tribe they must build their new town on the place where they should find an eagle on a cactus, eating a snake. They found the place in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. The Mexica became the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan turned into Mexico City.