Mexico, 1951 AD., Mexico City mint, 50 Centavos, KM 449.
Mexico, Mexico City mint, 1951 AD.,
50 Centavos (ø 26 mm / 6,60 g), 0.300 silver, 6.66 g theor. mint weight, mintage 3.650.000 , raxis coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), eeded edge,
Obv.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS , Mexican coat of arms, legend at top, supported by wreath.
Rev.: 1951 – Mo / 50/cs , King Cuauhtemoc facing right looking at a descending eagle (his namesake) surrounded by date, value, and mint mark.
KM 449 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1950 Mo 13,570,000
1951 Mo 3.650.000
The obverse refers to 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.