2022 1 oz Mexican Silver Libertad Coin (BU)

Coin Highlights:

40th issue of the 1 oz Mexican Silver Libertad Coin

Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver in BU condition.

Obverse features the coat of arms of Mexico.

Reverse depicts Winged Victory.

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Victory holds a laurel wreath in her right hand with a set of broken chains in her left hand. It is based on the statue of Winged Victory, a sculpture in 1910 and found at the top of the Mexican Independence Column.

The obverse design of the 2022 Silver Libertad Coins is no different from last year, or the years before. It is the coat of arms of Mexico, surrounded by the 10 other national seals of the past.

The Mexican coat of arms is based on an Aztec legend. According to the legend, the leader of a nomadic tribe was visited by a god named Huitzilopochtli in a dream. The leader was told by the god that the tribe would come across an eagle, perched on a cactus, devouring a snake. They were ordered to settle wherever they found this eagle. In 1935, the land would become Tenochtitlan, later called Mexico City and is one of the largest cities in the world.

It would be centuries before the iconic image of the eagle holding a snake on top of a cactus became the Mexican coat of arms. In 1811, during Mexican’s war for independence from Spain, a Mexican eagle became a popular seal for official documents. Revolutionary leader José María Morelos y Pavón would later add the eagle to his flag. Once independence was finally won, the eagle was redesigned to reflect the famous legend.

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The basics have not change, despite the alterations to the Mexican coat of arms several times since the 1820s. The current Mexican coat of arms was redesigned in 1968 and remains a symbol of patriotism to this day. The Mexican coat of arms represents triumph: the eagle, often believed to be a noble creature, defeating a treacherous snake.