Mexico, 1997 AD., Mexico City mint, 10 Pesos, KM 616.

Mexico, Mexico city mint, 1997 AD.,
10 Pesos (28 mm / 10,38 g), bimetallic, copper-nickel center within brass ring, mintage 44.837.000 , milled edge,
Obv.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS , legend above an oak and laurel wreath on a yellow bronze circle around an inner copper-nickel flan with the coat of arms of Mexico: a Mexican Golden Eagle perched upon a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake (the legend of Tenochtitlan).
Rev.: $ 10 / 1997 - {Mo} / DIEZ PESOS , the circle of the Aztec "Piedra del Sol" (Sun Stone) representing Tonatiuh with the fire mask in center, on the peripheral ring, top center the value; year to left, mint mark Mo -monogram to r.; value and denomination in script at the bottom.
KM 616 .

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.