Mexico, 2006 AD., Mexico City mint, 2 Pesos, KM 604.
Mexico, Mexico City mint, 2006 AD.,
2 Pesos (23 mm / 5,17 g), bimetallic: brass center in stainless steel ring, mintage 144.123.000 , smooth edge,
Obv.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS , national shield in center (eagle standing left on cactus, snake in beak), oak and laurel wreath forming a semicircle below, inscription forming a semicircle above.
Rev.: 2006 / $ 2 Mo , symbol "$", value "2" and Mo -monogramm (mint mark) in center; a stylized image of the Ring of the Days of the Aztec "Piedra del Sol" around.
KM 604 .
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.