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Design features
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Type |
C |
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Diameter |
15.5 mm |
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Shape |
Round |
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Weight |
1.58 grams |
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Edge |
Plain |
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Front |
In the center, the National Shield in sculpted relief, with the inscription “ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS” (UNITED MEXICAN STATES) forming a semicircle above it. |
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Back |
In the center of the coin, the number five “5” as the key motif and denoting face value; to its right the cent symbol “¢”; top center, the mint year and to the right, the Mexican mint mark “M”; to the left, parallel to an engraved pentagon, a stylized image of the solar rays of the “Ring of the Quincunxes of the Sun Stone.” |
Composition
Stainless steel alloy comprised of the following materials:
- Between 16% and 18% (sixteen and eighteen percent) chrome;
- 0.75% (seventy-five basis points) nickel, maximum;
- 0.12% (twelve basis points) carbon, maximum;
- 1% (one percent) silicon, maximum;
- 1% (one percent) manganese, maximum;
- 0.03% (three basis points) sulfur, maximum;
- 0.04% (four basis points) phosphorus, maximum; and
- The remainder, iron.
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