Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before).
What's the deal with the skeletons? That's a little macabre, but also kind of cool, just because it's something you never see...I dig the offbeat stuff.
<< <i>Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before).
What's the deal with the skeletons? That's a little macabre, but also kind of cool, just because it's something you never see...I dig the offbeat stuff. >>
Yeap, it's like the state quarters but in larger denomination. These are $100 pesos coins (about 8.5 dollars). And the skeletons you're talking about are commemorative of the 400th anniversary of "Don Quijote de la Mancha" but represented with a Mexican taste. Like "harasha" said they are a reference to "el día de muertos". We call that skeleton "la catrina"
<< <i>Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before). >>
Billy, like the US, Mexico is already on the second round of state coins! >>
And we finished a while ago. Now in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the start of War of Independence and 100th anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution, important characters from both wars are appearing on the $5 coins.
<< <i>...they are a reference to "el día de muertos". We call that skeleton "la catrina" >>
I think you misunderstood the design in this one hundred pesos coin, while in effect it's a design known as "Calavera Quijotesca" by Jose Guadalupe Posada it was done to pay tribute to the famous book of Cervantes "El Quijote". Not to be mistaken with the skeleton know as "La Catrina" which was born in the Diego Rivera painting "Dream of a Sunday afternoon at Alameda Park" as a skeleton of a woman of high society at the turn of the century.
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What's the deal with the skeletons? That's a little macabre, but also kind of cool, just because it's something you never see...I dig the offbeat stuff.
Probably a cultural reference to Dia de los Muertos, celebrated on November 2 (All Souls Day).
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<< <i>Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before).
What's the deal with the skeletons? That's a little macabre, but also kind of cool, just because it's something you never see...I dig the offbeat stuff. >>
Yeap, it's like the state quarters but in larger denomination. These are $100 pesos coins (about 8.5 dollars). And the skeletons you're talking about are commemorative of the 400th anniversary of "Don Quijote de la Mancha" but represented with a Mexican taste. Like "harasha" said they are a reference to "el día de muertos". We call that skeleton "la catrina"
<< <i>Cool. I like the coin in your avatar. I have a soft spot for the Volcanoes. >>
Thank you, unfortunately I don't own it. I just have some one ounces, maybe one day I'll own that one and the kilo (kg) version.
<< <i>Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before). >>
Billy, like the US, Mexico is already on the second round of state coins!
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<< <i>Thanks for sharing! I take it the map is of the state issues that I have heard about (but never seen before). >>
Billy, like the US, Mexico is already on the second round of state coins! >>
And we finished a while ago. Now in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the start of War of Independence and 100th anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution, important characters from both wars are appearing on the $5 coins.
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<< <i>...they are a reference to "el día de muertos". We call that skeleton "la catrina" >>
I think you misunderstood the design in this one hundred pesos coin, while in effect it's a design known as "Calavera Quijotesca" by Jose Guadalupe Posada it was done to pay tribute to the famous book of Cervantes "El Quijote". Not to be mistaken with the skeleton know as "La Catrina" which was born in the Diego Rivera painting "Dream of a Sunday afternoon at Alameda Park" as a skeleton of a woman of high society at the turn of the century.
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Congratulations on such a beauty!
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as one like it was used in the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".
Mexico Peso 1924
The coin in the film:
http://www.brianrxm.com/htmdir/cnsmovies_treasuresierra.htm
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