A 50 peso Niños Héroes coin costs up to 25,000 pesos online

Whatever their denomination or the material in which they were struck, dozens of coins are still on sale at high prices by some internet platforms, as is the case with a coin with a face value of 50 pesos.

The coin we will be talking about on this occasion was put into circulation in January 1993. It was struck in aluminum bronze and is offered for over 24,000 pesos on e-commerce pages.

According to information from Banco de México (Banxico), the specimen belongs to family B, which has been classified as “new pesos”. Its diameter is 39.0 mm.

The coin shows on the reverse the image of the Hero children, six Mexican children who defended the country’s flag against American forces, who arrived in the country to invade on September 13, 1847.

These are the six military cadets, who were called Fernando Montes de Oca, Francisco Márquez, Juan Escutia, Juan de la Barrera, Vicente Suárez and Agustín Melga.

In the the currency also displays the symbol of the Mexican Mint “M °”, year of issue, as well as the phrase “Niños Héroes”, the symbol “N $”, and the number “50” on one side.

A particular graphic staggered, that is, created in dotted or irregular lines, which surrounds the design of the part.

While on its obverse it bears the national shield and the legend “United Mexican States”. The show has a cost on web pages such as Mercado Libre of up to 25,000 pesos.

According to Banxico, the currencies of family B They were put into circulation in 1993, have different characteristics from the A family coins and are expressed in “new pesos”. One new peso is equal to one thousand pesos of the previous unit.

To date, some currencies of this family are in the process of being withdrawn, that is to say that they still retain their liberating power (they are worth the denomination they indicate), but by resolution of the Bank of Mexico they are withdrawn from circulation through the intermediary of credit institutions.

This means that they can continue to be used for making transactions, but when they get to the banks, they must separate them so that they are no longer made public.

A wide variety of copies are listed on internet platforms, from very high prices to the most accessible.

For example, a copy with a face value of 20 pesos, but which is offered for more than 1,500 pesos by some sites.

We refer to the commemorative coin of the 150th anniversary of the birth and the 100th anniversary of the death of the former senator of Chiapas, Belisario Domínguez Palencia, which was put into circulation on November 5, 2013.

In 2014, the XXVIII International Coin Directors’ Conference even awarded recognition in his honor, cataloging the coin as the “most beautiful in the world in circulation”.

The reverse shows the Senator from Chiapas in profile Belisario Dominguez Palencia; behind which are two bands that cross the bottom of the field from left to right.

In addition, in the portrait, in three lines, we read Belisario Domínguez. To the right of the bust we can see the Mexican mint workshop (M °) and the years 1863-2013; in the left margin, the legend 100 Aniversario Luctuoso; in law, the 150th anniversary of his birth and, at the top, the denomination 20 pesos, with a number.

While on its obverse, the traditional national eagle shield and the legend “United Mexican States” are displayed. The beautiful specimen also has a geometric graphic consisting of squares with dots and triangles. In this case, its cost is 1650 through the same e-commerce page.

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