War of Independence Zacatecas NEWP.

TwoKopeiki

Picked one up as a type coin. Housed in NGC VF 35 holder. Very nice surfaces for the issue. Common variety with 19 berries under L.V.O.

JCMhouston

Very nice, what is the significance of the mountain and cross?

worldcoinguy

Real nice - the design is very attractive.

TwoKopeiki

<< <i>Very nice, what is the significance of the mountain and cross? >>



The reverse is the arms of the city.

From "Numismatic History of Mexico":



<< <i>The City of Zacatecas is located on the slopes of two mountains named El Grillo and La Bufa. This rich mining district belonged in the colonial days to the province of Nueva Galicia. In republican Mexico, the City of Zacatecas in the capital of the State bearing the same name. It was inhabited by a tribe of aborigines who called themselves Tzacatecas, whence the name of the region.

The first Spaniard to visit the Zacatecas district was Pedro Almendez Chirinos, who in 1540 spent three days in the village of the Tzacatecas situated on the slopes of La Bufa. The discovery of silver deposits, however, is accredited to Captain Joanes de Tolosa, Baltasar Tremino de Banuelos, Cristobal Onate and Diego de Ibarra, who reported that "on September 8, 1546, the day of Our Lady of the Remedies (Nuestra Senora de los Remedios)," they had found the rich veins. Shortly thereafter, white settlers came, and by order of Philip II, dated October 18, 1585, the settlement was given the name of City of Our Lady of Zacatecas. The same monarch, by royal cedula of July 20, 1588, prescribed the city's coat of arms. It consisted of a large pyramidal rock surmounted by a cross, symbolic of the mountain La Bufa, and the motto: LABOR VINCIT OMNIA ("Hard work conquers all"). On January 27, 1594, the City of Zacatecas was further honored with the rank of Most Noble and Loyal. (La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Zacatecas) >>