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Mexico Peso KM-459 (.700 Copper, .100 Nickel, .100 Zinc and .100 Silver), 34.5mm / 16g. This standard circulation coin is referred to as a silver coin because the value of the silver content outweighs the value of the remaining metals combined. Mexico used this design for the Peso from 1957 to 1967. The Casa de Moneda de México (Mexico City), the oldest mint in the Americas, established in 1535, struck 5,004,000 of these 1 Peso coins in 1965. The obverse depicts the country name (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) in a semicircle over the Mexican coat of arms with a Mexican golden eagle standing on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The eagle is encircled by a holm oak (encino) branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right. The denomination and year are at the bottom. The coin is typically mounted in a holder featuring the reverse on the front, as in this example. The reverse depicts a portrait of Jose Morelos facing right. José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón was a Catholic priest who became the leader of an insurgency which established Mexico's first congress that declared independence from Spanish colonial rule in 1813. Morelos was later captured by Spanish troops and executed for treason in 1815. His portrait first appeared on the Peso on a pattern strike in 1936 and his image has been the standard for all 1 Peso business strikes since 1947 as well as the 50 Peso note since 1997.